{"nrhp_refnum":"06001086","name":"California Memorial Stadium","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Bet. Piedmont Ave., Stadium Rim Way, Cannyon Rd., Bancroft Way and Prospect St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.87022610100004,"lon":-122.25069985021301,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"California Memorial Stadium is a large elliptical football stadium and surrounding wooded open space on a 14-acre site at the University of California, Berkeley, in Alameda County. The reinforced-concrete facade dates from 1923.","why_significant":"The excerpt of the form covers Section 7 and the bibliography, so the significance statement is not included. It describes a hybrid earthen-bowl and coliseum stadium in a Roman version of Classical Revival style, with a monumental facade, Memorial Arch dedicated to Californians who died in World War I, and a contributing landscape site. The property retains substantial to high integrity.","narrative":"California Memorial Stadium is an elliptical football stadium on the University of California, Berkeley campus, set within a 14-acre property that includes a girdle of wooded open space. It measures about 760 by 570 feet and seats roughly 73,000. The design combines an earthen bowl with a coliseum-style structure, with seating resting partly on shaped earth and partly on a reinforced-concrete frame. Its facade, over 1,000 feet long, follows a Roman version of Classical Revival style, with a rusticated base, arched openings, a cornice and a paneled parapet. Memorial Arch at the northwest end carries a scoreboard tablet and a dedication to Californians who died in World War I. The surrounding landscape includes promenades, radiating paths, rock walls and an old board-and-batten ticket booth. The property retains substantial to high historic integrity despite later alterations. It sits across the active Hayward Fault, and cracked concrete and displaced columns show gradual ground movement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival (Roman version); Modern Movement (press box)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition overall; still used as a sports facility. It straddles the active Hayward Fault and shows some tectonic creep damage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.823677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/06001086.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001086/68773f367d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001086/68773f367d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Quintin Soloviev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_Memorial_Stadium_aerial_view.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Quintin Soloviev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_Memorial_Stadium_aerial_view.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858171","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Memorial_Stadium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1026837"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/california-memorial-stadium-06001086/"}