{"nrhp_refnum":"93000263","name":"Edwards, George C., Stadium","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Bancroft Way and Fulton St., UC Berkeley campus","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.86919155500004,"lon":-122.26480091499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A reinforced-concrete track and field stadium with a surrounding landscaped area at the southwest corner of the University of California, Berkeley campus, at Bancroft Way and Fulton Street. It was designed by Warren C. Perry with Stafford L. Jory and completed in 1932.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the largest, most expensive and most ambitious stadium built exclusively for track and field in the United States in its day. It is a sophisticated example of Moderne design by two distinguished architects associated with the university's architecture department. It is also tied to the university's track and field program, including Olympic medalists and many world records set there.","narrative":"Edwards Stadium is a track and field arena at the southwest corner of the University of California, Berkeley campus, completed in 1932 to designs by architect Warren C. Perry with Stafford L. Jory. Two large reinforced-concrete bleachers face each other across a central field and oval track, seating over 22,000 people. Cast-in-place Moderne ornament, including fluted pilasters, obelisk clusters and a continuous horizontal band, wraps the exterior. Concrete walls, a fence, three ticket booths, flagpoles, a scoreboard frame and a memorial bench to coach Walter Christie also contribute to the site. It was built exclusively for track and field, which was unusual among American university stadiums, and was the largest and costliest of its kind when finished. Olympic medalists competed there, and world records were set there, including Cornelius Warmerdam's first 15-foot pole vault in 1940. The track and a tennis center are later additions, but the stadium retains strong integrity.","period_of_significance":"1932-1943","architect_builder":"Perry, Warren Charles; Jory, Stafford","architectural_style":"Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a sports facility. The track has been replaced and a tennis center was added at the north end, but the stadium retains a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.266746-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/93000263.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000263/64f07b2956-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000263/64f07b2956-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_C._Edwards_Stadium_(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:George_C._Edwards_Stadium_(Berkeley,_CA).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858210","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Stadium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346131"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/edwards-george-c-stadium-93000263/"}