Girton Hall

Girton Hall
Location Off College Ave. next to Cowell Hospital, University of California, Berkeley campus, Berkeley, California
Coordinates 37°52′21″N 122°15′11″W / 37.87250°N 122.25306°WCoordinates: 37°52′21″N 122°15′11″W / 37.87250°N 122.25306°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1911
Architect Julia Morgan
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman, First San Francisco Bay Trad
Governing body State
NRHP Reference # 91001473[1]
Added to NRHP September 26, 1991

Girton Hall is a historic building on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California. Built in 1911, the building was designed by prominent California architect Julia Morgan. It served as a gathering place for Berkeley's female students, who wanted a female counterpart to Senior Hall, the senior men's meeting hall. The students began planning the hall in 1909 and raised money for the building between 1909 and 1911. The building was first called Girton Hall during this period; the name came from Girton College at the University of Cambridge, which was the first women's residential college in England. When the building opened in 1911, its name changed to the Senior Women's Hall. The hall gave women's groups at Berkeley a place to meet and represented a significant step toward gender equality at the university. In 1969, the building became a campus childcare center; its name was ultimately changed back to Girton Hall to acknowledge its history, even though the name had never been applied to the building after its construction.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 26, 1991.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ Bucher, Jr., Charles (April 10, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Girton Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Accompanied by photos.