{"nrhp_refnum":"82004647","name":"Hilgard Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Oxford St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.87328360400005,"lon":-122.26339577699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hilgard Hall is a C-shaped agricultural teaching building on the central campus of the University of California, Berkeley, designed by John Galen Howard and built 1916-1917. It forms the west side of the Agriculture Complex.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the building to Eugene W. Hilgard, founder of the first U.S. agricultural experiment station at the university and first Dean of the College of Agriculture. It was the second building added to the Agriculture complex. Architecturally it is an unusual variation on the Classic theme, blending Northern Italian Renaissance motifs into an academic Neo-Classic design.","narrative":"Hilgard Hall is a C-shaped agricultural building on the Berkeley campus of the University of California, designed by John Galen Howard and built between August 1916 and 1917. It was dedicated on October 13, 1917, and forms the west side of the Agriculture Complex, matching Wellman Hall in height and width. The main facade has an engaged colonnade in a modified Doric order, with sgrafitto friezes in a Florentine Renaissance style and decoration of California poppies, fruit and grain that symbolize agriculture. Wartime economy led to cement-washed concrete replacing the planned granite. The building housed seven divisions of the College of Agriculture, including Agronomy, Forestry, Genetics and Viticulture. It is named for Eugene W. Hilgard, first Dean of the College of Agriculture. It was listed for its link to him and for its unusual blend of Northern Italian Renaissance motifs with Neo-Classic design.","period_of_significance":"1900-present","architect_builder":"John Galen Howard","architectural_style":"Neo-Classic, with Northern Italian Renaissance motifs","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent, unaltered and on its original site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.314625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82004647.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004647/e19b72d77d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004647/e19b72d77d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hilgard_Hall_(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:Hilgard_Hall_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilgard_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119361194"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/hilgard-hall-82004647/"}