Bernard Maybeck (in Mountain View Cemetery)
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Squirreleen
N 37° 49.945 W 122° 14.418
10S E 566851 N 4187493
Grave of a famous SF Bay Area architect.
Waymark Code: WM3NPJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2008
Views: 9
Located in the "Urn Garden" a sunken garden near the Main Mausoleum.
Description:
Maybeck was a prominent SF Bay Area Architect and a leader in the Arts and Crafts Movement at the turn of the century. He is probably best known for designing the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. He also designed numerous brown-shingle bungalow residences in the Berkeley Hills, a style that typifies the community.
Maybeck was a professor of engineering at UC Berkeley, and also mentored architects Julia Morgan and William Wurster.
Date of birth: 02/07/1862
Date of death: 10/03/1957
Area of notoriety: Art
Marker Type: Horizontal Marker
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: daylight hours
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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