national historic landmark

My friend and I both love Julia Morgan and Bernard Maybeck buildings, two local architects whose work basically spans the late 1880s to the 1930s. Morgan is famous for Hearst Castle and Maybeck is famous for the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

We went over to Berkeley to go to a restaurant I’ve been wanting to try and while we were there, we checked out some Morgan and Maybeck houses in the area. Both architects designed many houses in Berkeley. The first set of photos were all taken on Derby Street, and there were even more on just that street alone (11 total)!

This is the only Bernard Maybeck house on Derby

The other side- I love that roof and the deck

His signature quatrefoil

And all of these are by Julia Morgan.

I think this house is really pretty

I don’t love all of the wires coming out of this house, but the upper window is interesting

We also went over to what is considered Bernard Maybeck’s masterpiece, the First Church of Christ, Scientist. It’s been designated a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

They were having a service while we were there, but were kind enough to let us in to take a quick look. We didn’t wander around too much because we didn’t want to disturb anyone.
The main hall is so beautiful. This cell phone picture definitely doesn’t do it justice. But, it was sort of sad to see it so empty.