Berkeley Women's City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
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Significance: The Berkeley Women's City Club is significant as one of the early clubs organized by and for women involved in civic activities. It is also significant based on its association with architect, Julia Morgan and for the high artistic quality of the garden design.
Together, the gardens and building of the Berkeley Women's City Club (BWCC) represent the early twentieth-century design aesthetic and methodology of their architect, Julia Morgan, as well as distinctive characteristics of formal 1930s Northern California garden design. Ever changing, the gardens breathe life into the interior and continue to important to the beauty and functionality of the building and site as a whole.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N82
Survey number: HALS CA-46
Building/structure dates: ca. 1929- ca. 1930 Initial Construction
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