Mills Hall - Oakland, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

When Mills Seminary, forerunner of Hue college, transferred its operations to Oakland from Benicia in 1871, it moved into a long, four-story building with a high central observatory. The mansarded structure, which provided homes for faculty and students as well as classrooms and dining halls, long was considered the most beautiful educational building in the state. Today Mills College utilizes this building as administration and apartments. It is also listed as a California Historical Landmark. The detail description of the building for the NRHP submission reads: "Brick, clapboarding, 2 1/2 stories, modified U shape, mansard roof sections, round arched dormers, bracketed modillion cornice, 3 1/2-story center pavilion with porch, end pavilions with 2-story bays, label molded segmental and round arched windows Second Empire. Large structure built as combination classroom/dormitory/lecture hall/hospital building for Mills College, which developed out of Young Ladies Protestant Seminary of 1852."

Street address: 5000 MacArthur at Pierson Street Oakland, CA USA 94613 County / Borough / Parish: Alameda County Year listed: 1971 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture, Education Periods of significance: 1871-present Historic function: Architecture, Education Current function: Administration and housing Privately owned?: yes 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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