Anna Head School for Girls - Berkeley, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The Anna Head School was founded in Berkeley in 1887 by Miss Anna Head, the Boston-born daughter of Judge Edward and Eliza Head. Edward Head had moved west in 1861 to Oakland, where he established a law practice. Eliza Head opened a school in Oakland to instruct young ladies in the finer points of English and French. When she retired and sold the school in 1887, she gave the profits to her daughter for the purpose of founding an expanded educational institution which would provide solid and comprehensive training for girls.

The original school site at 2538 Channing Way in Berkeley accommodated both boarding and day students; in fact, girls came from near and far, some from the East Coast, as the School's reputation spread. When Miss Head retired in 1909, she sold the School to Mary E. Wilson, who had been a teacher at the School. Miss Wilson ran the School until 1938, when it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hyde, who retained control until 1950. That year the School was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dewey. In 1955 the University of California informed Mr. and Mrs. Dewey that it had need for the School's land, and acquired the property by writ of eminent domain.

The Deweys could not afford to relocate, so they donated the School to a newly formed corporation, Anna Head School, Incorporated, and appointed a Board of Trustees to administer it. Trustees and friends of the School searched for a new location, found it in the Oakland hills, and began a capital-raising campaign and plans for construction of a new campus. In 1964, the relocation was completed.

For the Anna Head School, the decade of the sixties was one of growth and settling in. It became entirely a day school. For the first time, parents and friends were asked to help finance the new institution through contributions beyond tuition fees. Alumnae were asked to contribute to the School; an Endowment Fund was created by the Parents' Association by means of ambitious fund-raising projects."
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Street address: 2538 Channing Way, Berkeley , CA USA County / Borough / Parish: Alameda Year listed: 1980 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Historic function: Education Current function: Education Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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