Hilgard Hall

Historic place in Berkeley, California

United States historic place


Hilgard Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Hilgard Hall
37°52′24″N 122°15′48″W / 37.873300°N 122.263400°W / 37.873300; -122.263400
Built	1917; 107 years ago (1917)
Architect	John Galen Howard
Architectural style	Neo-classical design
NRHP reference No.	82004647^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 25, 1982

Hilgard Hall is a historical building in Berkeley, California. The Hilgard Hall was built in 1917. The building and it site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1982. Hilgard Hall is named for pedologist, Eugene W. Hilgard. Hilgard was the first dean of the University of California College of Agriculture from 1874 to 1904 at the University of California Berkeley. Eugene Hilgard also founded the University Agricultural Experimental Station. ^[2] Hilgard Hall was designed by John Galen Howard in a Neo-classical design and Northern Italian Renaissance style.^[3]^[4] The Agricultural Complex has three buildings, Hilgard Hall, Wellman Hall, and Giannini Hall. ^[5]^[6]

References

^ "National Register Information System – (#82004647)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Agricultural Experiment Station". UC Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources.
^ "National Register #82004647: Hilgard Hall on UC Berkeley Campus, California". noehill.com.
^ "Hilgard Hall | Disability Access & Compliance". dac.berkeley.edu.
^ "Wellman Hall | Disability Access & Compliance". dac.berkeley.edu.
^ "Giannini Hall | Disability Access & Compliance". dac.berkeley.edu.