{"nrhp_refnum":"82002157","name":"College Women's Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2680 Bancroft Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.868950443000074,"lon":-122.25513935999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame clubhouse at 2680 Bancroft Way in Berkeley, Alameda County, California, completed in 1928 and designed by architect Walter T. Steilberg for the College Women's Club.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a graceful, individualistic design by Walter Steilberg, a prominent Berkeley architect and structural engineer. It also reflects the civic work of the College Women's Club, whose members started institutions and programs that influenced Berkeley's social history. The University treated the building as a key element of its surroundings when planning the Art Museum.","narrative":"Completed in 1928 at 2680 Bancroft Way in Berkeley, this clubhouse was built for the College Women's Club and designed by architect Walter T. Steilberg. It is a wood-frame building of three stories and a smaller two-story section, finished in light stucco with dark wood trim and green perforated Chinese tiles used as decorative railing elements. Inside, three lounges centre on a large fireplace beneath a mosaic of the San Francisco Bay Area. Upper floors hold 22 bedrooms and baths. The design joins a classical approach with Oriental motifs and Craftsman detailing, and it remains domestic in scale despite its large public rooms. The club, founded in 1920, promoted education and started the first cooperative day nursery in the country. Steilberg worked with Julia Morgan and John Galen Howard and later introduced the Fabricrete building system. The University considered the clubhouse a key element of its surroundings when planning the Art Museum next door. The building is a Berkeley landmark and is leased to a sorority.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"Walter T. Steilberg","architectural_style":"Eclectic, classical approach with Oriental motifs within the Craftsman tradition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; leased to a sorority, with interior in good condition and redecorated. Two stained-glass transoms have been replaced with wood and the kitchen was updated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.641206-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002157.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002157/d2147f93bf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002157/d2147f93bf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:College_Women%27s_Club_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:College_Women%27s_Club_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858192","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Women%27s_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58030561"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/college-womens-club-82002157/"}