University of California, Berkeley Campus

Of the campus that opened in 1873, one building still stands. David Farquharson's plan called for six college buildings around a central library; the money ran out after two, North Hall for the College of Letters and South Hall for Agriculture. North Hall is gone, the Bancroft Library on its site. South Hall, finished in 1873 for $197,000 and still carrying stalks of wheat carved at its ends for its first tenants, is the oldest building on campus. Every other building on this bronze's list, from the Greek Theatre to Giannini Hall, came later.

What the plaque says

University of California Berkeley Campus These landmarks form the historic core of the first University of California campus, opened in 1873: Founders' Rock, University House, Faculty Club and Glade, Hearst Greek Theatre, Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Doe Library, Sather Tower and Esplanade, Sather Gate and Bridge, Hearst Gymnasium, California, Durant, Wellman, Hilgard, Giannini, Wheeler, North Gate and South Halls. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 946 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Regents of the University of California, March 1985.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Muir Woods National Monument — 17 mi
  A redwood canyon saved from a reservoir by a gift, and named for a man who had been there once.
• Muir Beach Overlook — 18 mi
  A cliff edge on Highway 1, and the concrete dugouts where two-man crews watched the sea after Pearl Harbor.

More markers nearby

• Piedmont Way — 0.4 mi
• Berkeley City Club — 0.4 mi
• Castro Home — 3.0 mi
• Site of Shell Mound — 3.2 mi