Berkeley Faculty Club Explained

Faculty Club
Location:Oxford Street, Berkeley, California
Architect:Bernard Maybeck
Added:March 25, 1982
Refnum:82004641

The Faculty Club of the University of California at Berkeley, or Faculty Club at UC Berkeley, is a private members' club located on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California.

In 1982, The Faculty Club was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-82000960). It is also a California Historical Landmark and it is listed in the California Register of Historical Resources.[1] Historical and contemporary artwork can be found in the meeting rooms and main corridor of the club from artists such as Ray Boynton and Jacques Schnier.[2] [3] [4]

Architecture

The Faculty Club was originally built in 1902 to designs by noted Bay Area architect Bernard Maybeck in the American Craftsman style as what is now the Great Hall. Subsequent additions such as architect John Galen Howard's lounge with double fireplace to the south, and kitchen and dining rooms designed by Warren Perry and remodeled by W. S. Wellington, significantly expanded the building's footprint.

It is located on Faculty Glade, adjacent to Strawberry Creek. While excavating what is now Faculty Glade before construction, a variety of Ohlone artifacts and skeletons were uncovered.[5]

Membership

The Faculty Club started as a dining association and then a gentleman's club. The club permitted women only as honorary members or visitors until 1972, (women were restricted from the main dining room until 1969)[6] when members voted to "eliminate all discrimination against female membership in the club".[7] It is located west of the Women's Faculty Club, which opened its doors in 1923 and maintains reciprocity with the Faculty Club today.[8]

Today, active membership is available, upon approval by the board of directors, to current or retired faculty, "researchers, administrators and career staff" associated with the University of California (UC), and associate membership is open to UC alumni.[9]

Paranormal activity

Over the years, many stories have circulated about The Faculty Club – and specifically Room 219 – as the site of reported paranormal activity.[10] [11] According to A History of the Faculty Club by James Gilbert Paltridge, students reported hearing history professor Henry Morse Stephens, who lived in the west wing for over two decades until he died in 1919, reciting lines of poetry from his window.[12]

In March 1974, Keio University professor Noriyuki Tokuda told The Berkeley Gazette that he had seen a "very gentlemanly" man sitting on a chair watching him while he was half asleep, while staying in Room 19 of The Faculty Club.[13] [14] At the time, he was told that the room had been occupied for 36 years by a professor who died in March 1971. A copy of the Gazette article was framed and hung in the club's offices.

In 2009, a psychic medium visited the Spirit Tower of The Faculty Club with a journalism student. While he failed to "connect" with the ghost of Professor Stephens, he claimed to interview a ghost affiliated with the 1920 football team – either the captain, the coach, or both – who purportedly shared that he had died of pneumonia and criticized modern football, but nevertheless "ended ... the interview with a hearty 'Go Bears!'".[15]

Facilities

Today's facility includes lodging,[16] dining, conference rooms, and event facilities which are open to members and non-members.[17] [18]

As a venue, the club has hosted weddings, receptions and special events.[19] [20] [21] [22]

The Club has been the meeting place of Berkeley's Arts Club,[23] Folk-lore Club,[24] and the exclusive History of Science Dinner Club at Berkeley.[25] [26] [27]

Notable members

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alameda . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171023212933/https://www.parks.ca.gov/ . October 23, 2017 . 2023-07-25 . CA State Parks . en.
  2. Web site: Art Collection Awaits at Faculty Club . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022183821/https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2003-10-31/article/17674 . October 22, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . Berkeleydailyplanet.com.
  3. Web site: Unsual Art CollectionAwaits at Faculty Club. Category: Page One from The Berkeley Daily Planet . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022183821/https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2003-10-31/article/17674 . October 22, 2023 . July 25, 2023 . www.berkeleydailyplanet.com.
  4. Web site: University of California: In Memoriam, 1988 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220809182828/http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb967nb5k3;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00047&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=oac4 . August 9, 2022 . September 16, 2023 . CDLib.org.
  5. Web site: NPS #82004641: Approved NRHP nomination of the Berkeley Faculty Club . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230724220234/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/82004641_text . July 24, 2023 . July 24, 2023 . Nps.gov.
  6. Kessel . Cathy . Cathy Kessel . 2022 . Tenured Women at Berkeley Before 1980 . live . Notices of the American Mathematical Society . 69 . March 2022 . 433 . 10.1090/noti2448 . 246755695 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205113211/https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202203/rnoti-p427.pdf . December 5, 2022 . September 16, 2023 . ams.org.
  7. Web site: 03.13.2002 - Faculty Club reaches century mark . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725191858/https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2002/03/13_facul.html . July 25, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . Berkeley.edu.
  8. Web site: History . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231010191816/https://www.womensfacultyclub.com/about-the-club/ . October 10, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . The Women's Faculty Club.
  9. Web site: 2017 . Constitution and By-Laws . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928072716/https://www.berkeleyfacultyclub.com/files/TFC-By-Laws%20-Nov-2017.pdf . September 28, 2023 . September 28, 2023 . . Faculty Club of the University of California at Berkeley.
  10. Web site: 2014-03-10 . Faculty Club: UC Berkeley's very own haunted landmark . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725191858/https://dailycal.org/2014/03/10/faculty-club-uc-berkeleys-haunted-landmark . July 25, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . . en.
  11. Book: Hauck, Dennis William . Haunted Places: The National Directory . Penguin Books . 1996 . 0140257349 . New York . 32.
  12. Web site: 10.30.96 - Halloween Tale . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725191857/https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1996/1030/halloween.html . July 25, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . Berkeley.edu.
  13. News: Ramella . Richard . March 19, 1974 . A haunting at the faculty club . 1 . The Berkeley Gazette . 2023-10-23 . . October 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231030043010/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkeley-gazette-a-haunting-at-the-f/133091387/ . live .
  14. News: Ramella . Richard . March 19, 1974 . A haunting? (Continued from Page 1) . 1 . The Berkeley Gazette . 2023-10-23 . . October 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231031045859/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkeley-gazette-a-haunting-contin/133091444/ . live .
  15. Web site: Peden . Charles . 2009-10-27 . Ghost "Hunting" at the Faculty Club at UC Berkeley with a Journalist for a Radio Story . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725191857/https://charlespeden.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/ghost-hunting-at-the-faculty-club-at-uc-berkeley-with-a-journalist-for-a-radio-story/ . July 25, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . Psychic Medium & Animal Communicator Charles Peden.
  16. Faculty Club . Bernard Ralph . Maybeck . October 22, 1902 . dome.mit.edu . MIT Dome . October 22, 2023 . October 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231031045900/https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/195332 . live .
  17. Web site: Visiting the Faculty Club . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022183822/https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2003-10-31/article/17678?headline=Visiting-the-Faculty-Club-- . October 22, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . Berkeleydailyplanet.com.
  18. News: Peterson . Lucas . July 27, 2018 . Berkeley on a Budget . The New York Times . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230912195544/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/travel/berkeley-california-budget.html . September 12, 2023 . September 16, 2023 . NYTimes.com.
  19. News: 2017-08-06 . Rina Pal, Jan Götzen . . subscription . October 22, 2023 . November 12, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112040314/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/fashion/weddings/rina-pal-jan-gotzen.html . live .
  20. Web site: April 14, 2020 . Popular restaurant Delhi Diner to open Telegraph Avenue location . . October 22, 2023 . March 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321023954/https://dailycal.org/2020/04/14/popular-restaurant-delhi-diner-to-open-telegraph-avenue-location . live .
  21. Web site: Celebrating the life of David Hodges . Berkeley Engineering . October 22, 2023 . May 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230528134414/https://engineering.berkeley.edu/events/register/celebrating-the-life-of-david-hodges/ . live .
  22. Web site: The Faculty Club East Bay Wedding Location Berkeley 94720 Bay Area… . Here Comes The Guide . October 22, 2023 . May 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230528093812/https://www.herecomestheguide.com/wedding-venues/northern-california/the-faculty-club . live .
  23. Web site: Philosopher, Professor, and Berkeley Chancellor, 1961-1965 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022183822/https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt2p30025k;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=d0e2023&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e1732&brand=oac4 . October 22, 2023 . September 16, 2023 . CDLib.org.
  24. Kroeber . A. L. . A. L. Kroeber . February 2, 1906 . The Berkeley Folk-Lore Club . . 187 . 10.1126/science.23.579.187-b . 161125528.
  25. Hahn . R . 1999 . Berkeley's History of Science Dinner Club: A Chronicle of Fifty Years of Activity . . . 90 . Supplement . S182–S191 . 10.1086/384613 . 238012 . 143713045.
  26. Web site: Philosopher, Professor, and Berkeley Chancellor, 1961-1965 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022183825/http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt2p30025k;NAAN=13030&doc.view=content&chunk.id=d0e2093&toc.depth=1&brand=oac4&anchor.id=p82 . October 22, 2023 . September 16, 2023 . CDLib.org.
  27. Amoroso . Emmanuel Ciprian . Emmanuel Ciprian Amoroso . Corner . George Washington . George Washington Corner . 1972 . Herbert McLean Evans, 1882-1971 . live . . . 18 . 82–186 . 10.1098/rsbm.1972.0005 . 11615755 . 197608 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022231/http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roybiogmem/18/82.full.pdf . July 21, 2018 . September 16, 2023.
  28. Web site: Dowd . Katie . 2023-07-19 . The real Oppenheimer's stranger-than-Hollywood love life . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725191857/https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/oppenheimer-love-life-wife-girlfriends-18206519.php . July 25, 2023 . 2023-07-25 . SFGATE . en.
  29. Web site: Furio . Joanne . 2023-07-19 . Wiretaps and martinis: A tour of J. Robert Oppenheimer's Berkeley . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230724220235/https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/07/19/j-robert-oppenheimer-history-tour-berkeley-kensington-1-eagle-hill-road . July 24, 2023 . 2023-07-24 . . en-US.

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