{"nrhp_refnum":"76000475","name":"Drawing Building","other_names":["Naval Architecture Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hearst Ave., University of California campus","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.87510252200008,"lon":-122.25882951099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A shingled, wood-frame studio building on the northern edge of the University of California, Berkeley campus near Hearst and Euclid Avenues, designed by John Galen Howard and built after 1913 plans. It adjoins the 1906 Architecture Building and is now called the Naval Architecture Building.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a rare, distinguished example of John Galen Howard's work in the Bay Area Tradition, paired with the neighboring Architecture Building. It is also valued educationally as the home of the School of Architecture, the Art Department, City and Regional Planning, and Naval Architecture.","narrative":"Built from John Galen Howard's 1913 plans, this long wood-frame studio building sits on the northern edge of the Berkeley campus beside the 1906 Architecture Building. Post-and-beam construction is clad in unstained cedar shingles, with a gabled roof whose ridge is set toward the street. The north wall is nearly all multi-paned windows to light the drafting studios, while the south side is irregular and homelike. It was built for the new School of Architecture, founded in 1913-14, and later housed the Art Department, engineering drafting, City and Regional Planning, and Naval Architecture. The nomination values it as a fine example of the Bay Area Tradition, which combines local vernacular materials with borrowed architectural fashions. Together with the Architecture Building it once formed a transition between the brown-shingled neighborhoods to the north and the campus. The east end was removed in 1930, but the building remains in use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Galen Howard","architectural_style":"Bay Area Tradition (with Georgian Revival and craftsman bungalow references)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition for its age and type. The east section was removed in 1930, and it is currently used for College of Engineering and Naval Architecture offices. A cover letter says it was threatened with demolition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.857852-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000475.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000475/ba85379bfb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000475/ba85379bfb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"James Lin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UC_Berkeley_Naval_Architecture_Building_-_back_-_2015-07-25.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">James Lin</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UC_Berkeley_Naval_Architecture_Building_-_back_-_2015-07-25.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858202","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Architecture_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119778246"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/drawing-building-76000475/"}