Hillside Club

{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Berkeley Hillside Club | image = Hillside Club, Berkeley exterior 2.JPG | location = 2286 Cedar Street,<br/> Berkeley, California, U.S. | added = April 16, 2004 | refnum = 04000332 | designated_other1 = Berkeley Landmark | delisted_other1_date = January 12, 2004 | designated_other1_number = 266 }} The '''Hillside Club''' is a neighborhood social club<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Andrew |date=2005-11-18 |title=Berkeley: Historic Hillside Club reborn as hip outpost catering to local culture |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/berkeley-historic-hillside-club-reborn-as-hip-2560522.php |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-05-25 |title=Hillside Club finds new life |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/05/25/hillside-club-finds-new-life/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=East Bay Times |language=en-US}}</ref> established in 1898 by residents of Berkeley, California's newly formed Northside neighborhood to protect the hills from unsightly grading and unsuitable buildings. It took its cue from the Arts and Crafts movement. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 2004, under the name "Berkeley Hillside Club";<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=04000332}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Berkeley Hillside Club |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=July 26, 2023}} With {{NRHP url|id=04000332|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref> and listed as a Berkeley Landmark (no. 266) by the city since January 12, 2004.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=January 2023 |title=List of Designated City Landmarks, Structures of Merit & Historic Districts |url=https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/COB%20Landmarks%20Updated%20Jan%202023_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630044415/https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/COB%20Landmarks%20Updated%20Jan%202023_0.pdf |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |website=City of Berkeley}}</ref>

== History == Prominent early club members included architects Bernard Maybeck and John Galen Howard, author Charles Keeler, and the journalist Frank Morton Todd.

Maybeck designed the original 1906 clubhouse,<ref name=":0" /><ref>Kenneth H. Cardwell, ''Bernard Maybeck: Artisan, Architect, Artist'', Peregrine Smith Books, 1977</ref> which was destroyed in the 1923 Berkeley Fire. John White, Maybeck's brother-in-law, designed the current clubhouse in 1924. Among the club's first projects was the construction of Hillside Elementary School for the Berkeley Public Schools.

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== External links == {{commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.hillsideclub.org/}}

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Category:Buildings and structures in Berkeley, California Category:Clubhouses in California Category:1906 establishments in California Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1924 Category:Bernard Maybeck buildings Category:American Craftsman architecture in California Category:Culture of Berkeley, California Category:National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley, California Category:Berkeley landmarks in Berkeley, California