# Clinton Day

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**Clinton Day** (March 17, 1847 – January 11, 1916) was an American [architect](/source/Architect), active on the [West Coast](/source/West_Coast_of_the_United_States) of the United States.[1]

## Biography

Day was born on March 17, 1847, in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), New York City; and he moved to California when eight years old. His grandfather, [Jeremiah Day](/source/Jeremiah_Day), was president of [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), and his father, [Sherman Day](/source/Sherman_Day), was surveyor-general of California and one of the founders of the [College of California](/source/College_of_California), predecessor to the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California,_Berkeley).

Day graduated from the College of California in 1868, and received his MA degree from the same institution in 1874.[2] (He later received an honorary LLD from the college in 1910.) In 1875, he married Grace Wakefield from [Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge,_Massachusetts), and they had one daughter.[1]

As an architect, he designed some of San Francisco's finest buildings, including the [City of Paris](/source/City_of_Paris_Dry_Goods_Co.) building, Union Trust building, and [Gump's](/source/Gump's) department store; and a number of fine houses in [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland,_California), including the [Treadwell Mansion](/source/Treadwell_Mansion). He designed Architecture Building and Metallurgical Laboratory at the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California,_Berkeley).[3] He was a [Fellow of the American Institute of Architects](/source/Fellow_of_the_American_Institute_of_Architects). Clinton was the great-grandson of American founding father [Roger Sherman](/source/Roger_Sherman).

## List of work

- [Treadwell Mansion](/source/Treadwell_Mansion) (c. 1875), Oakland, California; NRHP-listed, a California Historical Landmark, and an Oakland Designated Landmark[4][5]
- [City of Paris](/source/City_of_Paris_(San_Francisco)) building (1896), Union Square, San Francisco, California; demolished in 1981[6]
- Agriculture Building at [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California,_Berkeley) (1887), Berkeley, California; destroyed by fire in 1897[6]
- Ella Nichols Park House (1888), 1408 Mission Avenue, San Rafael, California[1]
- Budd Hall at University of California, Berkeley (1887), Berkeley, California; demolished in 1933[6]
- [Golden Sheaf Bakery](/source/Golden_Sheaf_Bakery) (1905), 2069–2071 Addison Street, Berkeley, California;[6] NRHP-listed, a California Historical Landmark, and a Berkeley Landmark.

## References

1. Michelson, Alan. ["Clinton Day (Architect)"](https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/366/). *Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)*

1. ["Day, Clinton"](https://archives.ced.berkeley.edu/collections/day-clinton). *CED Archives*. Retrieved 2023-06-28.

1. ["BAHA :: U.C. Berkeley Buildings and Landmarks"](http://berkeleyheritage.com/1967_UC_Berkeley_Buildings.html). *berkeleyheritage.com*. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

1. ["Treadwell Mansion and Carriage House"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/77000286). *NPGallery Digital Asset Management System*

1. ["National Register #77000286: Treadwell Mansion and Carriage House in Oakland, California"](https://noehill.com/alameda/nat1977000286.asp). *noehill.com*. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

1. ["Bay Area Architects: Clinton Day"](https://noehill.com/architects/day.aspx). *noehill.com*. Retrieved 2023-06-28.

## Further reading

- Obituary in *The Architect and Engineer of California*, Vol. XLIV, No. 1, January, 1916, pages 87–88.

## External links

- [First Church Berkeley UCC](https://www.firstchurchberkeley.org/history/)
- [Stable at East Oakland, 1884](https://www.stcroixarchitecture.com/products/stable-at-east-oakland-ca-1884-original-plan-clinton-day)
- [Bancroft Building](https://gaslampfoundation.org/the-history-of-a-historian/)
- [Treadwell Mansion](http://www.timandersenarchitect.com/Macky-Hall.html)
- [archINFORM Bio](https://www.archinform.net/arch/73495.htm)
- [City of Paris Building](https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/nat1975000471.asp)

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