Masonic Temple (Berkeley, California)
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The Masonic Temple in Downtown
Berkeley, California
is number 82002162 on the National Register of Historic Places
. The Classical Revival
style building, designed by William H. Wharff, was built in 1905. It is located at 2105 Bancroft Way at the corner of Shattuck Avenue, just one block west of the University of California, Berkeley
. The ground floor of the building is occupied by a FedEx Kinko's store and the remaining floors are used by University staff including California Center for Innovative Transportation
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Downtown Berkeley, California
Downtown Berkeley is the central business district of the city of Berkeley, California, United States, around the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street, and extending north to Hearst Avenue, south to Dwight Way, west to Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and east to Oxford Street...
Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
is number 82002162 on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. The Classical Revival
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style building, designed by William H. Wharff, was built in 1905. It is located at 2105 Bancroft Way at the corner of Shattuck Avenue, just one block west of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. The ground floor of the building is occupied by a FedEx Kinko's store and the remaining floors are used by University staff including California Center for Innovative Transportation
California Center for Innovative Transportation
The California Center for Innovative Transportation is a research organization at the University of California, Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies...
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