{"nrhp_refnum":"82004654","name":"Wheeler Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Oxford St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.871364216000075,"lon":-122.25915127099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wheeler Hall is a four-story, steel-framed, granite-sheathed building on the central campus of the University of California, Berkeley, designed by John Galen Howard and built in 1917. It sits just west of South Hall and is aligned with the main campus axis.","why_significant":"The reviewer's comments describe it as significant for the quality of its architecture and styling and for its association with the formative years of Berkeley. It is part of a group of Neo-Classic buildings that define the formal, turn-of-the-century concept of the University. The exterior retains high architectural integrity despite interior alterations.","narrative":"Wheeler Hall is a large academic building on the central campus of the University of California, Berkeley, completed in 1917 to designs by John Galen Howard. Its four stories are steel-framed and sheathed in granite, and the building sits just west of South Hall, aligned with the main campus axis. The south facade has a rusticated base with nine deeply recessed arched entrances, a two-story gallery in a modified giant Ionic order, and an attic story topped by six monumental urns. Inside, a lobby and a large auditorium occupy the southwest side, ringed by wide hallways that serve the balcony. Interior changes have been made, but the exterior remains intact. The building was listed as one of seventeen University of California resources that together express the formal, Neo-Classic plan of the early campus. A reviewer found it significant for the quality of its architecture and styling and for its link to the university's formative years.","period_of_significance":"1900-present","architect_builder":"John Galen Howard","architectural_style":"Neo-Classic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent, altered, original site; interior alterations do not interfere with exterior architectural integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.854197-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82004654.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004654/c3cb671e71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004654/c3cb671e71-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheeler_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheeler_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857356","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12072823"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/wheeler-hall-82004654/"}