Sather Tower - Berkeley, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ucdvicky
N 37° 52.323 W 122° 15.469
10S E 565274 N 4191878
Historic tower at the University of California, Berkeley.
Waymark Code: WM2WME
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 20

"Sather Tower is a campanile (bell and clock tower) on the University of California, Berkeley campus. It is more commonly known as The Campanile (pronounced /kæmp?'ni?le/ "camp-uh-NEE-lee") due to its resemblance to the Campanile de San Marco in Venice, and serves as UC Berkeley's most recognizable symbol. It was completed in 1914 and first opened to the public in 1917. The tower stands 307 feet (93.6 m) tall. It was designed by John Galen Howard, founder of the College of Environmental Design, and it marks a secondary axis in his original Beaux-Arts campus plan. Since then, it has been a major point of orientation in almost every campus master plan. The tower has thirteen floors, with an observation deck on the eighth floor. Some floors are used to store fossils."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sather_Tower
Street address:
Oxford St.
Berkeley, CA USA
94704


County / Borough / Parish: Alameda

Year listed: 1982

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1900-1924

Historic function: Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, College, Monument/Marker, Plaza

Current function: Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, College, Monument/Marker, Plaza

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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