{"nrhp_refnum":"86003361","name":"Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal","other_names":["Church of the Good Shepherd"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001 Hearst St. at Ninth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.870275408000055,"lon":-122.29457841299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Carpenter Gothic Episcopal church at 1001 Hearst Street (formerly Bristol) at 9th Street in Berkeley, Alameda County, California, built in 1878 with a spire-topped tower at the southwest corner.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest remaining church building in Berkeley and the oldest in the East Bay in continuous use by its founding congregation. It is presented as an outstanding example of Gothic Revival architecture, closely related to churches in Benicia and Mendocino and designed by the San Francisco firm Bugbee & Son. It also served the early Berkeley community for over a century.","narrative":"Built in 1878 at Hearst and 9th Streets, this small wooden Episcopal church in Berkeley is a Carpenter Gothic building measuring about 26 by 57 feet, entered through pointed-arch doorways in a tower of roughly 75 feet topped by a spire and Celtic cross. Board-and-batten siding, lancet stained glass windows, trefoil vents and hollow wooden buttresses give it a vertical emphasis. Inside, redwood keel-shaped arches support an open timber ceiling. Charles L. Bugbee of the San Francisco firm Bugbee & Son is listed as architect, working from plans used ten years earlier for a church in Mendocino. Planned, built and paid for in four months at a cost of $2,600, it is the oldest remaining church building in Berkeley and the oldest in the East Bay still used by its founding congregation. Its bell served as a fire alarm from 1882 to 1894, and the parish hall has hosted neighborhood functions since 1959.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1878)","architect_builder":"G. W. French/Charles L. Bugbee","architectural_style":"Victorian Carpenter Gothic / Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use by its congregation; a 1978 renovation report found the exterior in remarkably good condition and the interior in quite good condition, with the exterior virtually unchanged since 1878.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.158741-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/86003361.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003361/99751f9046-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003361/99751f9046-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd_(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:Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858181","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd_(Berkeley,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5383306"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/church-of-the-good-shepherd-episcopal-86003361/"}