{"nrhp_refnum":"07001350","name":"Berkeley High School Campus Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1980 Allston Wy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.86715838050003,"lon":-122.31090975571699,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A public high school campus district on four consolidated city blocks (about 12.5 acres) at 1980 Allston Way in downtown Berkeley, California, with buildings dating from 1922 to 1950, most designed by William C. Hays and by Henry H. Gutterson and William G. Corlett, Sr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the campus is significant for its role in education and for school architecture. It reflects an early function-specific campus plan, with separate buildings instead of a single school building, and early seismic upgrades in response to the 1933 Field Act. Its Beaux Arts, Moderne and Art Deco buildings are the work of regionally prominent architects.","narrative":"Berkeley High School's campus occupies four downtown city blocks, roughly 12.5 acres, bounded by Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Allston Way, Milvia Street and Channing Way. The district has eight buildings, five of them contributing. Its centerpiece is the 1922 Academic Building by William C. Hays, a Beaux Arts and Italianate design with glazed polychrome terra cotta details. Hays also designed the original gymnasium and natatorium, which was later remade in a Streamlined Moderne style after the 1933 Field Act called for seismic upgrades. Art Deco additions followed, including the Shop Building (1939), the Science Building (1940) and the Community Theater, designed by Gutterson and Corlett and finished in 1950 with sculpted reliefs by Robert Howard. The campus is described as an early example of a plan with function-specific buildings, and its structures have kept their original locations and key character-defining features despite seismic retrofits and window replacements. The period of significance runs from 1922 to 1950.","period_of_significance":"1922-1950","architect_builder":"Architects William C. Hays (Academic Building, Original Gymnasium and Natatorium); Henry H. Gutterson & William G. Corlett, Sr. (Community Theater); Collin, Gerson, and Overstreet (seismic retrofit); builder Dinwiddie Construction (Community Theater); sculptor Robert Langley Howard","architectural_style":"20th Century Revivals - Beaux Arts & Beaux Arts Classicism; Moderne Movement - Streamlined Moderne & Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Buildings are generally in good condition and in school use; the Original Gymnasium and Natatorium (Building M) has been neglected and is in fair/poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.681-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/07001350.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001350/799a0d09e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001350/799a0d09e8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Berkeley_High_School_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_High_School_Campus_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120143573"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/berkeley-high-school-campus-historic-district-07001350/"}