The University of California, Berkeley Hilgard Hall

Historic Structure Report

The University of California, Berkeley Hilgard Hall

Historic Structure Report

Contents

Introduction...... 7 analysis of Historic Significance...... 83 Purpose and Scope...... 9 Existing Historic Status...... 84 Subject of this Study...... 12 Evaluation of Significance...... 84 Methodology...... 12 Integrity...... 86 Preparers...... 15 Areas of Significance...... 89 Exterior...... 90 Historical Context...... 17 Interior...... 90 Early History of Berkeley: 1820-1859...... 19 Significance of Elements and Materials...... 92 College of California: 1860-1868...... 20 Recommendations...... 97 Early Physical Development of the Berkeley Campus...... 21 College of Natural Resources Master Plan...... 98 Early Agricultural Goals and Facilities...... 22 Landscape ...... 98 The Hearst Plan...... 24 Architectural: Exterior...... 98 Development of the Agriculture Complex...... 27 Exterior Features...... 99 Planning Design and Constructiion Architectural: Interior...... 100 of Hilgard Hall...... 28 Materials and Features...... 102 Site History and Character ...... 31 Life Safety...... 102 Eugene Hilgard...... 36 Accessibility...... 103 Construction of Hilgard Hall...... 38 Summary of Significance and Construction Chronology...... 45 Recommendations...... 103

John Galen Howard...... 47 Conclusion...... 107

Description & Conditions assessment...... 51 Bibliography...... 111 Site and Landscape...... 52 Appendix...... 115 Exterior Description...... 56 Interior...... 61 A. Additional Historic Photographs B. selected Original Drawings Materials and Features...... 67 C. selected Renovation Drawings Condition...... 77 D. room-by-Room Inventory Forms E. significance Diagrams

Introduction Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley. Purpose and Scope Knapp Architects prepared this historic structure report (HSR) for the College of Natural Resources and the Office of Physical and Environmental Planning of the University of California, Berkeley. The purpose of this HSR is to provide a single reference resource for the building, and to inform and assist future development of the building as described in the College of Natural Resources Master Plan. An HSR is commonly prepared to evaluate the existing conditions and historic status of a potential historic resource prior to the commencement of any major rehabilitation, restoration, or any other work that may affect the resource. According to the National Park Service’s cultural management guidelines:

A Historic Structure Report (HSR) is prepared whenever there is to be a major intervention into historic structures or where activities are programmed that affect the qualities and characteristics that make the property eligible for inclusion in the National Register. The report consists of the collection, presentation, and evaluation of anthropological/archeological, historical and architectural/engineering research findings on a historic or pre- historic structure, and their setting…It analyzes and records all periods of construction (not just significant periods), modifications, source materials, building techniques, other evidence of use, and setting.1 Roundel on west elevation, detail. Knapp.

1 “NPS-28: Cultural Resource Management Guideline:” UC Berkeley 2020 LRDP EIR Continuing Best Practice CUL-2-a states in part: “If a project could cause a substantial adverse change in features that convey the significance of a primary or secondary resource, an Historic Structures Assessment (HSA) would be prepared.” University of California, Berkeley 2020 LRDP EIR, Volume 1, 4.4-54.

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While the site is considered, especially in relation to the original design of the building, this report emphasizes architecture far more. Hilgard Hall is part of the Agriculture Complex, a trio that is the most unified grouping of buildings on the campus. Wellman Hall, designed by John Galen Howard, was completed in 1912 as the first of the three buildings. Hilgard Hall, also designed by Howard, followed in 1917 and Giannini Hall, designed by William C. Hays to be compatible with the two existing buildings, completed the east leg of the grouping in 1930.

Built for the University’s College of Agriculture and named in honor of Eugene. W. Hilgard (1833-1916), professor of agriculture and botany, Hilgard Hall remains historically tied to it and its successor, the College of Natural Resources. Hilgard Hall is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the 1977 multiple resource nomination which encompassed 17 of the most significant historical resources on the campus. It is significant at the state level for its association with important events and construction/design values. The building is a remarkable example of the classicist design principles which distinguish the work of John Galen Howard. Along with Wellman and Giannini Halls, it forms the Agriculture Complex which still conveys the design ideals of Howard and his forerunner, Emile Benard, which shaped the University of California campus as we know it.

John Galen Howard’s 1917 revised sketch for the Agriculture Group; Hilgard Hall in the foreground, with Agriculture (now Wellman) Hall behind it, and Giannini Hall at the rear of the three buildings. Courtesy of John Galen Howard Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

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The exterior of Hilgard Hall embodies design motifs which have characterized much of Western Architecture: symmetry, proportion, order, and the use of traditional ornament and imagery. While the building uses many of the devices found on Howard’s monumental designs, it is noteworthy for its small size, making its basic massing an exercise in proportion which would not be possible on buildings like Doe Memorial Library and California Memorial Stadium. Except for the disabled access ramp to the basement, the building has seen no major exterior modifications since its construction. The interior of Hilgard Hall illustrates a rational, straightforward Beaux- Arts approach to circulation, program, and interior spaces.

This HSR includes five chapters, a bibliography, and an appendix. Following the Introduction is the Historical Context, which provides historical background on the founding of the University of California, the College of Natural Resources, a history of the site, and the design of the Agriculture Complex and Hilgard Hall. This chapter also includes brief biographies of Eugene Hilgard and architect John Galen Howard. The Description & Conditions Assessment contains a concise description of the building and its landscaping; detailed inventory forms are included in Appendix A. The following chapter, Analysis of Historic Significance, describes the significance of each section of the building as well as its constituent materials, features, and spaces. Significance diagrams are presented in Appendix B. This chapter also analyzes the eligibility of the building for listing in local, state and national registers. The final chapter, Recommendations, discusses how to retain the most significant aspects of Hilgard Hall, as well as general maintenance information. Original drawings are contained in Appendix C and additional historic and current photographs are included in Appendix D.

South elevation of Hilgard Hall, from West Circle. Knapp 2012.

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Subject of this Study As mentioned above, the subject of this HSR is Hilgard Hall itself. The building and its surrounding landscaping form the western edge of the Agriculture Complex, a cluster of three buildings which formed the northwestern edge of the buildings shown on the Phoebe A. Hearst Plan for the campus prepared by John Galen Howard in 1914. Growth of trees and construction west of the Agriculture Complex – beginning with construction of Mulford Hall; continuing with Morgan, Barker, Koshland, and Tolman Hall; and culminating with Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences today – make the current site part of the interior of the Campus Park and not at all an edge.

Previous studies and designs for the Agriculture Complex2 have addressed the setting, site, and landscape of the full group, including Hilgard Hall. In light of the current character of the site and information already available about it, this study addresses only the immediate setting of the building, and focuses on the building itself. The College of Natural Resources Master Plan prepared by Noll & Tam addressed the structural system, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, and most importantly, programmatic needs for the building. Rather than duplicating that information, this report briefly summarizes those findings. This study addresses the exterior and interior of the building, including an abbreviated description of service and storage spaces along with the longer discussion of public and programmatic spaces.

Methodology The information contained in this report was compiled from site observations conducted by the primary preparers, background documents and information provided by the University of California, Office of Physical and Environmental Planning (PEP), and archival research. The study team observed the building, recording conditions in digital images and survey files. The survey did not include physical testing or use sensing instruments. Where recommendations are offered for rehabilitation or further study, they are based on general experience in architecture, and do not replace a conservation report, which may be needed for certain features and conditions.

The study team did not perform research about the condition and modes of deterioration of the materials. Testing, structural evaluations, and conservation assessments where recommended in this study would provide the information needed to identify specific causes of damage and materials and methods for correcting

2 Including the New Century Plan, the 2020 LRDP, and historical studies for Wellman and Giannini Halls.

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it. While this report includes information which would be useful in devising a maintenance program, it is not a maintenance plan.

The UC Berkeley Capital Projects division provided drawings of the building from the plan rooms and archives. The study team obtained additional photographs, drawings, and written accounts from the following repositories: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California: CHRIS Northwest Information Center University of California on-line resources: Roma Pacifica: Phoebe Hearst International Competition University of California: College of Environmental Design Archives and Library The Bancroft Library California Historical Society, San Francisco Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Berkeley The research included primary and secondary documents at the above repositories. The references cited in this report are not exhaustive; future study and design may require the use of specialized information not consulted or not available for this report.

This study generally uses the National Register of Historic Places Criteria. The National Register is the official federal roster of historic properties worthy of preservation; the Keeper of the Register and the National Park Service (NPS) prepare the criteria under which potential resources are evaluated for inclusion in the Register. The NPS, state agencies, and other government and professionals in private practice have relied on the National Register Criteria for decades to determine whether properties are historically significant, and to identify the level of significance, area(s) of significance, and historical context(s) of eligible properties. The criteria provide invaluable guidance and authoritative consistency in determining whether resources retain their historical integrity and what their character-defining features are. The National Register Criteria underlie the hierarchy of significance and the assessment of condition used in this HSR for components and elements.

When evaluating the significance and condition of buildings, architectural historians typically use a rating scale to rank the relative architectural and historic value of components of a building – its rooms or spaces as well as individual features. The typical rating scale employs four categories: “Very Significant,” “Significant,” “Contributing,” and “Non-Contributing.”3 The use of the terms “Very Significant” or

3 Practice does vary. The California Office of Historic Preservation recommends three levels (see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ pages/1069/files/historic%20structure%20report%20format.pdf) while the National Park Service recommends two (see http://www. nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief43.htm).

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“Significant” here does not necessarily equate to the same meaning for those words as they are used in the context of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The fact a space or feature is called “Very Significant” or “Significant” in the Historic Structure Report does not of necessity mean that the alteration or removal of that space or the entire structure would meet the CEQA criteria for what is called a “Significant impact on the environment.” For this HSR, the four categories are defined as follows:

Very Significant (VS)

• The element was built during the period of significance. • It is architecturally significant. • It contributes significantly to the overall character. • It remains intact or with only minor alterations. • It is in good condition. • VS elements are highly sensitive to change.

Significant (S)

• The element was built during the period of significance, but • It is of secondary importance, • It has been altered, and/or • It is in fair or poor condition, or • The element was not built during the period of significance, but is architecturally significant. • S elements are sensitive to change.

Contributing (C)

• The element was built during the period of significance, but is not architecturally significant, or • The element was not built during the period of significance, but is architecturally compatible with the original.

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Non-Contributing (NC)

• C elements are less sensitive to change. • The element was not built during the period of significance, or • It has been subjected to major additions or incompatible alterations, or • t is incompatible in style, material, scale, character or use with the original building, or • It is in poor condition. • NC elements are not particularly sensitive to change.

Condition C

A visual appraisal of the current condition of building elements:

Excellent (E)...... The element is in near original condition.

Good (G)...... The element is mostly intact.

Fair (F)...... The element is showing signs of wear or deterioration.

Poor (P)...... The element is badly damaged, missing, or not functioning.

Unknown (U)...... The element is not accessible for inspection.4

Preparers Knapp Architects of San Francisco researched and prepared this report. Frederic Knapp, AIA, was principal in charge, and Ruchira Nageswaran, AIA prepared architectural graphics. Jill R. Johnson was consulting architectural historian. Denise Bradley was consulting landscape historian. William Riggs, PhD, ACIP was project manager for PEP. Planning Analyst Steven Finacom acted as researcher and document coordinator for PEP.

4 University of California, Greek Theatre HSR Request for Proposals, October 24, 2006.

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Historical Context Roundel on west elevation, detail.

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Early History of Berkeley: 1820-1859

In 1820, King Ferdinand VII of Spain granted the land that encompasses the land now occupied by Berkeley and Oakland, including the campus of the University of California, to Luís María Peralta of San José. Peralta named the 48,000-acre parcel Rancho San Antonio for Saint Anthony of Padua. After receiving the grant, Peralta continued living in San José and sent his four sons instead to occupy the land grant rancho. In 1842, Peralta transferred ownership of the rancho to his sons, giving most of the land now occupied by Berkeley to José Domingo Peralta. In 1848, by the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, California became part of the United States. Following on the heels of California’s statehood, the discovery of gold at Coloma drew thousands to the new state. Although holders of Spanish and Mexican ranchos like Peralta were guaranteed possessory rights under the California Constitution of 1850, the new settlers regarded Spanish and Mexican titles as illegitimate and brought pressure to bear on California State Legislature to overturn or weaken the law. Reacting to this pressure, the Legislature passed a subsequent law stating that any settler could gain possession of land “not reasonably known to be claimed under an existing title,” essentially permitting that any individual who made at least two hundred dollars worth of improvements on a tract of land could reside on the land. The law broke up the large tracts of land owned by a single individual for acquisition by the new arrivals, thus effectively dismantling the land grant ranchos.5

José Domingo Peralta filed claims to confirm his title to Rancho San Antonio in January 1852. Although the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his claim in 1855 and 1856, the cost of legal counsel to combat the squatters had already forced him to sell off most of Rancho San Antonio during the early 1850s.6

In 1852, Captain Orrin Simmons claimed 160 acres of Rancho San Antonio bounded by Strawberry Creek to the north and the future site of the Clark Kerr Campus to the south—a tract that includes the present-day Hilgard Hall. Meanwhile, in the summer of 1852, a consortium consisting of William Hillegass, James Leonard, Francis Kittredge Shattuck, and George Blake, filed claim to a square-mile tract of land encompassing what is now downtown Berkeley, just west of Simmons’ claim. None of these men occupied their land and what is now Berkeley remained effectively uninhabited for at least two decades following American occupation.6

5 William Warren Ferrier, Berkeley, California: The Story Of the Evolution Of A Hamlet Into A City of Culture and Commerce (Berkeley, California: By the author, 1933), 25.

6 Ibid., 26.

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College of California: 1860-1868 Perhaps the two most instrumental events in the foundation of the University of California, Berkeley were the dissolution of the College of California and the donation of the land it had amassed to the State of California, and the 1868 Organic Act of the University of California, which established the University itself and The Regents as its governing body and the requirement that The Regents make immediate permanent improvements to the plan and landscape of the new university.

In 1853, Rev. Henry Durant established a preparatory school in Oakland named Contra Costa Academy. The school quickly reincorporated as a private college under the name the College of California and began searching for a new, rural campus site.

Simmons promoted acquisition of his Berkeley property to the Trustees, citing its available fresh water from Strawberry Creek and spectacular views of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate as inducements. At the time, the Simmons tract was farmland and nascent industrial development on the waterfront. The American era of the Bay Area was only about a decade old and establishment of the town of Berkeley was still a decade and a half in the future.

The College of California Trustees decided to acquire Simmons’s land for the new campus and on April 16 1860, Rev. Samuel Hopkins Wiley, Rev. Henry Durant, and other Trustees of the College of California dedicated the 140-acre campus at Founders’ Rock. Over the next few years, the Trustees of the College of California continued to amass property contiguous to the Simmons property, purchasing additional tracts from F.K. Shattuck, G.M. Blake, William Hillegass, and James Leonard. In August

Oak grove on UC Berkeley Campus, 1901. Berkeley Public Library

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1864, the College of California purchased a second parcel from Simmons which came with water rights to Strawberry Creek. Two adjacent residential tracts to the south of campus – the College Homestead Tract and the Berkeley Property Tract – were subdivided. Lots created in these two tracts were sold in an effort to encourage residential settlement near the campus grounds and generate revenue. In 1866 the name “Berkeley” was attached to the campus site by the College and later adopted by the surrounding community when it incorporated as a town in 1878.

Early Physical Development of the Berkeley Campus The College of California’s first actions planning and developing of the site consisted of retaining Frederick Law Olmsted to develop a campus plan and damming Strawberry Creek to provide a reservoir for the future development. Although the College had acquired considerable acreage for the campus during the early 1860s, it lacked the financial reserves to build a new campus on the site.

The Trustees contemplated donating its assets – including the Berkeley campus site – to the State of California to create a public university and exacted a compromise from the State of merging a liberal arts curriculum with the State goal of a conventional, Federal Land Grant, “A and M” (agriculture and mining) school. The donation was finalized in 1868 and the University of California was created as a complete institution of higher education, rather than a technical or specialized college. State Legislation approving the creation of the University and receipt of the gift of the private College assets was signed by the Governor of California March 23, 1868. Appointment of the first Board of Regents quickly followed.7

Development of the Berkeley campus began with the construction of two buildings – South Hall and North Hall, completed in 1873. In that year the University moved its operations from Oakland to Berkeley. William Hammond Hall, planner of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, was engaged to produce a new plan for the campus, building on Olmsted’s design concepts.

At the time, the campus land owned by the University was roughly – but not exactly – bordered on the south by the south fork of Strawberry Creek, on the west by the line of today’s Oxford Street, and on the north by the line of today’s Hearst Avenue. The site of Hilgard Hall was included in this original acquisition.

Academic buildings constructed through the remainder of the 19th century were largely concentrated in a V-shaped grouping on a natural terrace of land formed by the two branches of Strawberry Creek. This terrace is the present-day site of the Campanile.

By the end of the 20th century, major academic buildings included a mix of brick and

7 The College of California was asked to stay in operation through the 1868-69 academic year at its Oakland campus.

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Historic California ranch. Photo courtesy of California Progress Report.

wooden structures in a variety of architectural styles ranging from Second Empire to early neo-classical revival buildings. Three main buildings – South Hall, North Hall, and Bacon Hall (which served as the library) – formed a triangle around the campus flagpole, which stood where the Campanile is today. To their north, across a swale, was the brick Mechanics Building and the original Mining Building. An octagonal wooden Harmon Gymnasium, on the site of present-day Dwinelle Hall, provided facilities for physical education, military training, and large meetings. Aside from a scattering of small wooden buildings, the remainder of the campus proper was undeveloped, planted with ornamental landscaping, used for growing and experimental grounds for the College of Agriculture, or used as rudimentary athletic fields.

Early Agricultural Goals and Facilities Agriculture was a core element of the first curriculum of the University of California. The University derived the federal funds for its earliest budgets from land sales pursuant to the Morrill Land Grant Act. This law provided colleges that would teach agriculture and the “mechanical arts” with land to re-sell to finance development of universities. In a largely rural state in which the State Legislature was dominated by agricultural and resource extraction (mining, timber, etc.) interests, legislative support for the University depended on a robust program in agriculture and other “practical” disciplines. Thus, creation of a College of Agriculture was one of the first formal acts of the new Board of Regents in 1868-69, and establishment of a program in agriculture was a high priority for the new university.

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The first building constructed at the Berkeley campus, South Hall, housed, in part, the College of Agriculture. Underscoring this association, the building’s exterior ornamental program included cast metal panels showing sheaves of grain and other farm products, however, much early debate in the state and the University in this period, centered on the orientation of the College of Agriculture toward practical application vs. theoretical and research approaches to the discipline. One faction held that the University should directly concentrate on teaching agricultural skills to the young men of rural California; thus, much instruction should be focused on learning the basics of how to farm. A second view was that the role of the University in agriculture was to do research and provide knowledge that in turn could help improve farming techniques and operations.

Ezra Carr, the first Professor of Agriculture, was closely allied to farming interests, including the California Grange, and generally favored a curriculum of practical farming. For example, in 1870, he recommended the establishment of a farm on the Berkeley campus, including a farm house for the Professor of Agriculture. A controversial figure,8 Carr served briefly as Professor of Agriculture and was ultimately dismissed.9 In 1874, The Regents replaced Carr with Eugene W. Hilgard (1833-1916), whose experience in soils research and agricultural surveys, particularly in the American South and Midwest, reshaped the curriculum to reflect a more theoretical, research-based perspective. Hilgard was appointed as Director of the California Agricultural Experiment Station (1888-1904) as well as Professor of Agriculture and Agricultural Chemistry (1874-1903).

Instead of conceiving of the University as a “cow college” where young men would primarily receive hands-on instruction in the day-to-day work of farming, Hilgard worked to develop a research program to scientifically improve agriculture techniques for farmers throughout California. As an integral component of the school’s program, Hilgard traveled the State to meet with farmers, demonstrating he understood their needs and concerns, and showing them how University research could benefit them. As a result of these meetings, Hilgard established a solid foundation of agricultural research at the University of California and helped ensure that California’s farmers would regard the University as a whole as a benefit to them.

tHilgard also dispersed some of the functional missions of the College throughout the State, rather than maintaining a singular program. One of his first actions at the helm of the College of Agriculture was to create experimental sites throughout the State where the University could conduct research, using agricultural extension

8 At the University of Wisconsin in 1856, “Student John Muir reported that Carr’s demonstration experiments rarely worked.” http://geoscience.wisc.edu/geoscience/about/history/historical-timeline-of-the-department/. Accessed 7 May 2012. 9 Carr was fired after agitating for abolition of the Board of Regents, but later served as an elected Regent when he became State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Colbruno, Michael. http://mountainviewpeople.blogspot.com/2010/05/jeanne-smit-carr- 1825-1903-ezra-slocum.html. Accessed 7 May 2012.

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stations as a model for research. Early stations were in Amador County, Paso Robles, Tulare County, and Pomona. Another community-based program created “Farmers Institutes” where the University would send experts for a few days or a few weeks to conduct seminars updating California farmers on new techniques, issues, and discoveries. In some instances these institutes were held at Berkeley, but many were located in distant regions of California where local farmers would find them easy to attend. The Berkeley campus was designated a “Central Station” for this work, but Hilgard had did not believe what was grown on the Berkeley campus would be of major benefit elsewhere in California. He recognized that the Berkeley climate and soil conditions had less agricultural value than the climate and soils of California’s the primary agricultural regions. For example, a plum or rice grower in the Sacramento Valley, or a cotton or citrus grower in the San Joaquin Valley, might not learn much from researchers experimenting with the cultivation of plums, rice, cotton, or oranges grown in the cooler climate of the Bay Area.

The school’s crop research was largely conducted at the experimental stations in distant locations throughout the state, although Hilgard began to set aside some “growing grounds” on the Berkeley campus in 1874. This campus use would continue into the 20th century, starting with fields and orchards and later with greenhouses. Most of these facilities were concentrated at the northeast corner of the campus, in the same vicinity as the future Hilgard Hall. They included an experimental demonstration orchard of fruit and nut crops on the knoll where the three-building Agriculture Complex (Wellman, Hilgard, Giannini) now stands.

The Hearst Plan By the end of the 19th century, many of the University programs such as the College of Agriculture were well-established. However, the campus itself was a patchwork landscape of scattered academic and service buildings and experimental growing areas. Many felt a plan was needed, and in the late 1890s a major physical transformation was initiated. Phoebe Apperson Hearst – the first woman to serve on the Board of Regents – approached the University, offering to build a new mining school in memory of her husband, George Hearst. The University was eager to receive the gift, but two individuals – drawing instructor Bernard Maybeck and Regent and alumnus Jacob Reinstein – successfully convinced the University leadership and Hearst of the need for a master plan for the campus. The master plan would establish a rational organization for future campus development, locating building sites for future structures and defining their architectural character, starting with the new Mining Building. Hearst agreed and funded what became known as the Phoebe Hearst International Architectural Competition. Conducted in Europe and San Francisco, the competition drew entries from many of the prominent architects of the era. French architect Emile Benard won the completion but, for various reasons, was not selected by the University to implement his design.

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Implementation of a campus plan fell to architect John Galen Howard. Trained in Boston and Paris, Howard relocated from New York to Berkeley in the early 20th century to become both the University’s Supervising Architect and the founder of the School of Architecture. For the next quarter- century, Howard’s design and planning concepts became firmly imprinted on the Berkeley campus. Howard drew from Benard’s plan to create a new vision for the campus that better accommodated the existing grade and created view corridors aligned with the Golden Gate through the site. Except for the Faculty Club and Senior Women’s Hall, he designed all of the permanent buildings developed between 1903 and 1926, creating a

Hearst Plan, 1917. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. campus core characterized by the University of California, Berkeley. architectural compatibility of its components.

Howard’s campus plan–updated in 1908 and again in 1914–emphasized symmetrical arrangements of buildings and groups of buildings on terraces, stepping down the sloped campus site. The buildings flanked landscaped view axes oriented to the Golden Gate. The primary corridor was what is now called the “Central Glade,” extending from the Mining Circle to Oxford Street at the western edge of the campus. Howard arranged similar, or mirror image, buildings and groups of buildings at equal distances from the center line of this space–called the “University Axis.” The most complete realization of this bilaterally balanced design concept stands today in the grouping of Doe Library, Sather Campanile and California, Wheeler and Durant Halls; these buildings form the “Classical Core” of the campus, orthogonally bisected by Sather Road and Campanile Way.

Along a north-south cross axis, the Hearst Memorial Mining Building was located at the top of the glade in Howard’s campus plan to correspond to a similar building to the south that would house the physics department. Next, to the west, Doe Library on the south would face a matching University Museum on Observatory Hill.

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California and Haviland Halls – both Howard designs – were the next couplet in the sequence. Finally, a five-building Agriculture Complex on the north was balanced by a five-building Life Sciences Group on the south; the former was centered around a courtyard and the latter was arranged in an X pattern like the dots on the Five face of a die.

The 1914 campus plan for the Agriculture Complex showed Agriculture Hall (now Wellman Hall) on the south. To the north, four additional structures were shown. Together with Wellman, the buildings enclosed three sides of a landscaped courtyard. The courtyard could be accessed through five open air passages between buildings – two on the south, and one each on the east, north, and west.

From about 1900 until the mid-1920s most of Howard’s permanent campus buildings were executed in a neo-Classical Beaux Arts style, emphasizing a grand, formal, character in white granite exteriors, tile roofs and copper details. Buildings like the Hearst Mining Building, Doe Library and Wheeler, California, Durant and Wellman Halls form the core of this composition, arranged orthogonally in formal order on terraces stepping down the naturally sloped terrain toward the ocean. In the World War I era and afterwards, as funds for more expensive finishes diminished, Howard adapted his designs – but not the overall building character – in less expensive materials, such as stucco and cement plaster, for Hilgard Hall, Haviland Hall, Gilman Hall, Le Conte Hall, and California Memorial Stadium.10

10 Howard did deviate from the Beaux Arts style in two respects. In the early 1920s when he designed one of his last buildings for the campus, Stephens Memorial Union, he chose the then popular “Collegiate Gothic” style which resulted in an asymmetrical structure that was still, nonetheless, carefully integrated into the overall plan of the campus. He also became an accomplished practitioner of what is known as “Bay Region” architecture, utilizing native materials—particularly unpainted redwood shingles or board and batten as exterior wall coverings and did several buildings—mostly regarded by him as temporary—for the Berkeley campus in this style.

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Development of the Agriculture Complex From its inception until 1888, the College of Agriculture was housed in South Hall. In 1888, Federal funds were used to construct an Agricultural Experimental Station Building on the current site of Moses Hall, adjacent to South Hall. This structure became the new home of the College through 1897 when the upper floors of the wood structure burned in a fire. The upper floors of the Agricultural Experimental Station Building were reconstructed and the building was renamed Budd Hall, after a Governor of California and early UC alumnus.

As noted above, Hilgard supported the planting of some experimental and demonstration fields, in the northwest part of the campus. The idea was originally recommended by Professor Carr who also thought it might provide a home for the Professor of Agriculture.11 The garden had a large orchard with scores of varietal samples of fruit and nut crops; only one tree – an olive near Giannini Hall – survives from the orchard. Research greenhouses were also built on the flat land adjacent to Strawberry Creek, in the area now east of Giannini Hall.

Detailed planning for permanent facilities for the College of Agriculture began in the first decade of the 20th century and resulted in the construction of a new “Agriculture Hall” (Wellman Hall), designed by John Galen Howard, in 1910-12. The structure was the first unit of what was intended as a three-building Agriculture Complex (referred to at the time as the Agriculture Group). The 1914 campus plan shows the footprint of the recently completed Wellman Hall (Agriculture) on the south side of the complex balanced by four additional structures that, together with Wellman, would enclose three sides of a landscaped courtyard. The courtyard was open to the north.

Not long after completion of the 1914 campus plan, Howard began designs for Hilgard Hall. During the design’s development, the concept for the 5-building agriculture complex was modified into a 3-building complex, with two large buildings forming the east and west legs of the U-shaped complex. By 1919, the site design was revised to show future greenhouses between the north wing of Hilgard and the proposed east building of the complex. The footprint of the greenhouse site is almost rectilinear in shape, terminating in a rounded form that echoes the southern bay of Wellman Hall. The plot for the greenhouses projects north of the building complex, into the surrounding landscape. Greenhouses were never built in this location.

In Howard’s plans, and in practice through the 1940s, the Agriculture Complex

11 The adjacent knoll that Carr had recommended as a site for a professor’s home did become the site of a residence, but not connected to Agriculture. On that eminence the University ultimately constructed the only building sited according to the original Benard version of the Hearst Plan. University House—originally entitled the President’s Mansion—was intended as a home for the University’s senior administrator. The design was prepared by Albert Pissis, a prominent San Francisco architect. Ground was broken in 1901 and the shell completed, but the building was not fully completed until 1911, when John Galen Howard refurbished and finished the interior and President Wheeler and his family moved in. Today the building is the residence of the Chancellor of the Berkeley campus.

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formed the westernmost grouping of permanent buildings on the campus, except for a single, isolated building to the southwest, near present-day West Circle. The large downhill expanse of campus land lying west of the Agriculture Complex site was shown as undeveloped, informally defined as a recreation space. This meant that Hilgard Hall was the most visible campus building to persons approaching the campus from the west, particularly up University Avenue or from along Oxford Street / Hearst Way.

Planning, Design and Construction of Hilgard Hall In November 1914, the voters of California approved a $1.8-million bond issue to fund construction at the University of California. The language of the ballot initiative specified facilities that would benefit from the bond monies:

…construction of the unfinished portion of the library building of the University of California and the construction of a building for general use as a recitation building, of a building for the use of the college of agriculture, and of a building for the use of the college of natural sciences as a chemistry building, upon the grounds of said University of California at Berkeley…

As the University began implementation of the bond funding in 1915, these goals were refined to include the future Wheeler Hall as the “recitation building” Roundel on west elevation, detail. (recitation referred to general teaching and classroom instruction), Hilgard Hall as the agriculture building, and Gilman Hall as the chemistry building. Doe Library had previously been constructed and put to use, but the bonds would fund the construction of additional floors and book stacks in the southern portion of the structure.

As planning for bond-funded improvements proceeded, it soon became evident that the original scope of the bond measure required modification. Not addressed in the bond measure, the extensive construction of new facilities – including three major new buildings in widely dispersed parts of the campus – necessitated expansion of the 1905 campus power / heating plant, just east from what is now Sather Gate. In addition, the expanded project – including the power plant – collided with economic factors precipitated by the outbreak of World War I, such as the availability of building materials like structural steel to entities not related to the war effort, general economic inflation and shortages related to the War, and a quarry strike that affected the price and supply of granite for building exteriors.

The University administration and the Regents discussed options of setting aside certain buildings, decreasing the size of the facilities, and / or reducing construction costs by using cheaper materials and methods and simplifying or leaving interior finishes and fixtures incomplete. Gradually, over a period of several months from late 1914 into 1916, three separate strategies emerged:

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Hilgard Hall from the northeast, 1917. Bancroft Library. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Wheeler Hall would be built as planned with a granite exterior; granite cladding was regarded essential to completing what is now referred to as the “classic core” of the campus. Similarly, the adjacent Doe Library expansion would be sheathed in granite.

Gilman Hall – the Chemistry Building – would be built to the size planned, but the exterior would be finished in concrete rather than granite and the interior finishes would be considerably simplified so there would be enough money remaining in the budget to build out teaching and research spaces.12

Hilgard Hall, the second unit of the Agriculture Complex would, similar to Gilman, have a less expensive concrete exterior and the design would also economize on interior finishes. Charles Forsyth Hunt, the Dean of Agriculture, had specified that he did not want the size of the building reduced to save money; instead, economies were made in the use of less expensive finishes.13

12 Gilbert Lewis, the Dean of Chemistry, protested against reduction of research equipment in the building, stating that it would be better not to construct the building than to build it without the facilities and apparatus his College needed.

13 In the initial planning, Hilgard Hall was allocated $400,000, or a little more than 20%, of the total $1.8 million provided by the bond. The Hilgard budget was soon cut to $350,000.

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At Gilman Hall – the other permanent campus building where Howard was presented with the challenge of designing a concrete building exterior to be compatible with the existing granite-clad buildings – he designed a rusticated concrete shell that, even from close-up, resembles granite. At Hilgard Hall, Howard diverged and chose a different approach. Instead of replicating stone in exposed concrete, he clad the board form concrete in stucco ornamented with colored ornamental panels and cast concrete elements.

As typical of the ornamental iconography of campus buildings, Howard chose imagery related to the building uses. For example, at Doe Library, the capital columns incorporated carved depictions of open books; at Boalt Hall, the home of the law school, fasces, a representation of Roman law, adorn the façade; and at Hilgard, the choice was a profusion of agricultural motifs – from beehives to bovines. The result was a rich mosaic of agricultural symbols; garlanded bull’s heads, medallions containing masques of various farm animals, vases, bowls and cornucopia overflowing with flowers and fruits and stylized California poppies – the state flower – adorning the grillwork of the metal doors. The result was a more highly ornamented building exterior than any other campus structure, before or since, with the possible exception of George Kelham’s Life Sciences Building of 1930. The ornamental program was echoed, although certainly not replicated, on the exterior of Giannini Hall in 1930, designed by William C. Hays.

Hilgard Hall, west elevation C. 1920. Photo by G.E. Ferriter. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

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As was typical for the period, Howard’s architectural drawings showed the location of the ornamentation but not the ornamental program; instead, the construction documents indicated the contractor would be required to provide scaffolding and access for the artist and his assistants. The ornamentation, including perhaps its design and execution, is the work of Paul E. Denneville. Denneville was Supervisor of Texture and Modeling at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Denneville executed the ornamentation using the Italian Renaissance technique of sgraffito. Sgraffito is an ornamental process in which a shallow cameo effect is created by scratching through a colored top coat of plaster to reveal a base coat in a contrasting color. The sgraffito technique did not appear anywhere else on campus and was similarly rare in the immediate vicinity. The only other local example of sgraffito is James Plachek’s 1930s Berkeley Central Library on Shattuck Avenue, several blocks southwest of Hilgard.

Site History and Character Hilgard Hall’s landscape was developed in relationship to the building’s location within the three-building Agriculture Complex, and the landscape settings along its two primary sides (east and west) were intended to function in different ways. In his 1914 revisions to the Phoebe A. Hearst Plan, Howard designed the Agriculture Complex to have both an inward and outward focus. He envisioned a formal courtyard within the area surrounded by the complex’s buildings, and he intended this complex of buildings to form the northwestern edge of the campus. Hilgard Hall formed the western enclosure for the Agriculture Complex courtyard and was the westernmost building on campus. The development of the landscape along its east side was originally intended to function as a part of the courtyard, and the landscape along its west side provided a setting for the building’s monumental west façade.

Hearst Plan, 1914, by John Galen Howard. Courtesy of John Galen Howard Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

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Agriculture Complex Courtyard and Landscape on the East Side of Hilgard Hall The dedication program for Hilgard Hall noted that the plan for the Agriculture Complex was inspired by the arrangement of spaces in Tuscan farm complexes:

. . . the idea underlying the quadrangle composed of the agricultural buildings, as developed by the architect, Professor John Galen Howard, was taken from the old Tuscan farm with its inner court of activity. The two present buildings complete half the court. The desire for a court, coupled with the existing contours have given to Hilgard Hall a special form, the building having four distinct turnings . . .14

14 Author Unknown. Hilgard Hall: A Gift of the Citizens of California/Dedicated Saturday October the Thirteenth/Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen. University of California, College of Agriculture. Berkley, 1917.

Revised Sketch for the Agricultural Group, University of California, 1914, by John Galen Howard. Courtesy of John Galen Howard Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

1917 Revised Sketch for Agriculture Group by John Galen Howard. Courtesy of John Galen Howard Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

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As part of his revisions to the 1914 campus plan, Howard prepared a number of sketches that illustrated his ideas for a formal landscape in the Agriculture Complex courtyard. In a 1914 sketch, the primary landscape feature consisted of a central rectangular lawn, bordered by trees, and divided into two parterres by a north-south axis. This axis extended from the central entrance on the north side of Wellman Hall northward to a second grouping of parterres which extended across and beyond the north side of the Agriculture Complex. In a 1917 sketch, the north side of the Agriculture Complex was now shown enclosed by a building, but the same basic layout for the interior courtyard remained. None of this was built, however, and the landscape within the courtyard area was not developed until after the construction of Giannini Hall in 1930.

Until the construction of Giannini Hall, the east side of the complex was defined by trees rather than by a building, and the “courtyard” area left open, and based on evidence in a 1928 aerial photograph, continued to be used as demonstration orchard for the College of Agriculture rather than being developed into a formal space as shown in Howard’s sketches. The landscape along the east side of Hilgard Hall was Aerial photograph showing developed in relationship to the functioning of the building. The entrance drive, from Agriculture Group, 1928. Wickson Road along the west side of Wellman Hall, extended north along Hilgard University of California Library.

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Hall’s east side as a wide unpaved road or parking area. A lawn was established between this road/parking area and the east side of Hilgard Hall. The plantings, if any, next to the foundation or the three entrances are not visible in the aerial photograph, but a 1919 photograph, which provides a more detailed view of part of this area, shows a low shrub and perennial border planted along the edge of the lawn and road/ parking area. A row of trees planted along the east side of the road/parking area defined a visual separation between the landscape setting along Hilgard Hall and the open land in the courtyard.

After Giannini Hall was built, a parking lot was added to central area within the courtyard. The entry drive along the east side of Wellman Hall was extended north along the length of Giannini Hall to form a symmetrical layout in relation to the corresponding drive along Hilgard Hall, and trees were planted in rows along both sides of these drives. From the early 1990s until 2004, temporary buildings filled the parking lot. After these buildings were removed in 2004, the central area of the courtyard was refurbished, yet again, as a parking area, with a trailer at the north end (housing an imaging center) where Howard had once proposed a permanent building.

Landscape on the West Side of Hilgard Hall Howard’s 1914 and 1917 sketches for the Agriculture Complex illustrate the prominence and visibility of Hilgard Hall’s location, sited at the edge of a terrace that overlooked a large open expanse of land that extended down to Oxford Street, in relationship to the surrounding community. Photographs of Hilgard Hall taken between its completion in 1917 through the late 1920s show a restrained treatment for landscape along the building’s west side and north and south ends. Trees growing to the northwest and southwest of the building framed views of the building from the west; there were no foundation plantings; and a lawn extended all the way up to the building’s foundation. From the late 1920s through at least the mid-1940s, there was a connection down the slope in front of the building between the centrally located entrance and the recreation field area to the west.15 Although not visible from any distance, a small paved plaza extended for a few feet to the north,

Brugueiere, Francis. Hilgard Hall, 1919. View of portion of east façade. John Galen Howard 15 This connection is visible in 1928 and 1939 aerial photographs and on a 1942 campus plan map. UC Berkeley Library. Aerial Photographic Mosaic Map, University of California, 1928; UC Berkeley Library. [Aerial Photograph] UCB Campus & Adjacent Collection, Bancroft Library. Portions of North Berkeley, 1939; University of California, Berkeley. Historic Campus Maps, 1942

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Hilgard Hall, c. 1919. View of west and south facades with portion Hilgard Hall, c. 1918. View of west façade. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. of Agriculture Hall in background. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley

Early view of roof terrace, looking southwest. Note open landscape Hilgard Hall, June 1928. View of the northwest and west façades with between Hilgard Hall and the edge of Downtown Berkeley in the distance. shrubbery in foreground. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley California, Berkeley

south, and west around the entrance stair and contributed to the formal character around the building’s entrance. After 1948 when facilities were added to the west (in the former recreation field area) and to the north (along Hearst Avenue), the visibility and prominence of Hilgard’s west façade was less pronounced, and the landscape began to evolve in relation to this new setting. Pedestrian paths leading diagonally to the south and north down the front slope developed after 1948. The central pedestrian connection up the slope to the entrance was removed, and trees were planted.16

16 University of California, Berkeley. Historic Campus Maps 1963, 1971, and 1996.

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Eugene Hilgard Professor and Dean of Agriculture Eugene Woldemar Hilgard retired as Dean before Hilgard Hall was planned and died while the building was under construction. Hilgard is not directly connected to the development or use of the building; however, he was instrumental in developing the underlying philosophy of College’s curriculum and research.

Hilgard was born in 1833 in Bavaria, the youngest child of a lawyer and judge. In 1836, the family would immigrate to the United States, settling in Illinois. Hilgard was rigorously educated and trained by his father and in 1849, at the age of 16, he returned to Germany to attend Heidelberg University; there he earned a doctor’s degree in 1853, at the age of 20.

After a four year interlude in Spain and marriage, Hilgard returned to the United States. He relocated in Mississippi, working as the State Geologist and for the University of Mississippi at Oxford. During the late 1850s-early 1870s, Hilgard established a substantial reputation as a soils scientist and researcher.

In 1873, Hilgard moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to assume a position as Professor of Geology and Natural History at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Two Eugene W. Hilgard, years later, he assumed the position of Professor of Agriculture and Botany and Prof. Agriculture & Botany. Photograph by Elite Photographic Director of the Experiment Stations of the University of California. Studio (Jones, Rulofson & Co.) Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. Upon his arrival at the University of California in 1875, Hilgard faced residual University of California, Berkeley discontent stemming from the 1868 compromise struck with the College of California. In exchange for the College’s assets – including the Berkeley campus site, the State created a public university that merged a liberal arts curriculum – desired by the private College of California Trustees – with the State’s goal of a conventional, Federal Land Grant, agriculture and mining school. Farmers and academics were discontent with the merged curricula:

At Ann Arbor, President Angell had warned Hilgard against going to such a ‘hornet’s nest’ as the University of California… Hilgard… saw himself confronted by two hostile groups, one outside, one inside the campus. Among the farmers, the Patrons of Husbandry–10,000 members strong–violently opposed the symbiosis of the College of Agriculture with the

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State University; among the faculty, the literati denounced agriculture as a ‘vulgar sphere’, unbecoming of a university, and at times tried to divert agricultural funds to a ‘more worthy’ purpose.17

Hilgard was able to ally the factions to a common purpose–advancements in agriculture. On the one hand, he showed farmers how scientific research within a university setting could be of practical benefit to them. On the other, he showed his fellow faculty members that agricultural research was a serious and legitimate field of scholarly pursuit, based in reputable academic disciplines like chemistry, geology, botany, biology, and climatology.

One example of Hilgard’s work which demonstrates his scientific rigor and modern approach to agriculture was his involvement in a long-running 19th century dispute over the nature of soil. One group of scholars maintained that soils, despite different external appearances, were largely similar and that it was application of sufficient water that made the essential difference in agriculture. This argument grew into the assertion – sometimes characterized as ‘making the desert bloom’ – that wherever one could develop a reliable water supply in the arid American West, productive agriculture could theoretically flourish. Hilgard, drawing on his years of experience researching and analyzing soils, was of the opposite view. He was able to demonstrate that the composition of soils and– the minerals and nutrients they contained – or lacked – were an essential factor in how well plants would grow, regardless of how much water was available.

By the end of the 19th century, Hilgard was one of the most respected and well known faculty members of the University. In recognition of his contributions to establishing the College of Agriculture as an essential part of the University’s academic program and developing the underpinnings of the College’s facilities on campus, the building was named posthumously in his honor:

Serving for thirty years as Director (of the Agricultural Experimental Station) and for more than forty years as professor in the University, his contributions to agricultural science and his influence on the development of agricultural pedagogy can hardly be overestimated. The firm stand taken by him with reference to the dignity and pedagogical value of agricultural science at this early period, when so many institutions, now great, were in their formative periods, has exerted a profound influence upon the development of agricultural education. Indeed, the high place modern scientific agriculture holds is in no small way due to the efforts of Professor Hilgard.18

17 Jenny, page 25. Insert title here in lieu of author.

18 Hilgard Hall dedication program, p. 1.

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Hilgard remained in an active teaching, research, and administrative role at the University for more than 30 years, retiring in 1906.19 He was replaced as Dean of Agriculture by Thomas Forsyth Hunt, who came from Cornell University to join the UC faculty.

Hilgard died in 1916 at the age of 83. He was eulogized as “the founder of American institutional research in agriculture”20 and his contributions were regarded as having had a broad impact on the University as a whole and agricultural teaching at the University level in particular:

The work of Hilgard in laying the foundations of the College of Agriculture is one of the outstanding features of the history of the University. Under Hilgard, scientific instruction and research were encouraged and had a marked influence on similar institutions elsewhere.21

As late as 1930, the University held annual ceremonies to commemorate Hilgard’s contributions.22

Construction of Hilgard Hall Construction of Hilgard Hall began in August 1916. The building was occupied in August 1917 and officially dedicated two months later on October 13, 1917. The dedication ceremony began with addresses by the University president, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, W. Mayo Newhall, the President of the Stanford University Board of Trustees (who spoke on “Agriculture in California during Hilgard’s time”) and several business and government representatives. In light of the fact that approximately 300 boys involved in farming classes in Davis attended the ceremonies and that the California Nurseryman’s Association held a conference the same day at Hilgard Hall, the crowd may have numbered several hundred.

Uses of Hilgard Hall and the Agriculture Complex after 1917 Dedication program for Hilgard Hall, 1918. Courtesy of The When Hilgard Hall opened in 1917, it housed seven academic divisions of the College Bancroft Library. University of in 95 offices, classrooms and laboratories. The remaining 16 rooms of the original 111 California, Berkeley contained building equipment, lavatories, and janitor’s closets.

The seven academic divisions located in Hilgard Hall were agronomy, citriculture, forestry, genetics, pomology, soil technology and viticulture. The dedication program describes the divisions as follows:

19 Hilgard made his long-term home on Bancroft Way, below Piedmont Avenue, and died on January 8, 1916. His two unmarried daughters continued to live at the family home until their deaths and bequeathed the property to the University; the campus later traded the home site to the Zeta Psi fraternity in exchange for the Zeta Psi house north of Bancroft. The Hilgard home was demolished and replaced in the 1950s with the present-day Zeta Psi chapter house. 20 “In Memoriam – Eugene Woldemar Hilgard.” 21 Centennial Record, 70. 22 Daily California, February 4, 1930.

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Agronomy-dealing with field and forage crops, crop production, and farm management, Citriculture-covering all phases of citrus, semi-tropical, and tropical fruit production, Forestry-offering complete courses in general forestry, forest utilization, silviculture, mensuration, technology, and forest management, Genetics-dealing with the application of the principles of breeding to plants and animals, Pomology-offering courses covering all phases of the production of deciduous fruits, small fruits, and nuts, Soil Technology- dealing with methods of soil management, soil mapping, physical analysis, and soil physics, and Viticulture-covering the subjects of grape growing, olive growing, winemaking, food preservation, and fermentation.23

The divisions of Agronomy, Citriculture, Forestry, Pomology, and Soil Technology were located in the basement. Forestry and Agronomy occupied the north and south halves of the first floor, respectively. The second floor housed Pomology, Citriculture, Viticulture, and Genetics.

The basement, first and second floors contained lecture rooms, classrooms and laboratories. There were four general lecture classrooms (two on the first and two on the second floor) that could seat, altogether, 428 students. Laboratory spaces were provided for teaching and research by faculty and other academic staff. A

conversation room – perhaps another name for a Teaching laboratory, 1918. Paired windows indicate it is on the east side of meeting room – and spaces for student organizations the building. Note windows to corridor. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley were included.

The third floor contained 33 offices, including administrative space for some of the divisions and roof terraces. They were described in the dedication program:

A unique feature of the building is the two garden courts situated on the top floor immediately behind the attic wall. These are provided with window seats and when decorated with hanging vines and potted plants will be both useful and ornamental additions to the top floor. From these courts access can be had to the roof, from which there is a very fine view.24

The access to the roof – provided by means of carefully articulated staircases at the end of each court – may have been a concession by architect Howard to the Dean of Agriculture. No other Howard building on campus provided this sort of accommodation for roof access by the general users. During the planning process Dean Hunt had apparently agitated for having the courts open to the

23 Dedication program. 24 Dedication program.

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then-unobstructed view to the west. Architecturally, however, this would have disrupted the attic level of the west façade, where the large inscription was placed. Presumably Howard prevailed in maintaining a consistent parapet wall across the elevation.

Highly specialized facilities were scattered throughout the building, including rooms for seed collection, herbarium and fumigating, wood distillation, fruit handling and packing laboratories, a machinery and wood demonstration room equipped with saws and planers for student use, a fireproof vault for storing breeding records, a cold storage and refrigeration plant and an olive press in the basement. Room 302, 1917. Moulin Studios photo. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Hilgard Hall, from the beginning, provided teaching, research, office, and other specialized facilities for the College of Agriculture, but it also served a more public function. Just as the west façade proclaims the College’s mission of “rescuing” the “native values of rural life” in colossal letters visible from off campus – a sort of promotional slogan for the College of Agriculture – the building was originally conceived as a space where the public could come to learn about the University’s pursuits in agriculture.

Included in the building were miniature displays of lumber processing and equipment (the “Logging Room”), collections of drawings and photographs and Room 107, Forestry, 1918. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of samples, including “a very fine collection of woods California, Berkeley from different countries which is to be enlarged as time goes on” and samples of “the hundred most important timber species of the United States,” and “the collection of plaster casts, wax models, and water color paintings of the most important varieties of apples grown in this state…” (The collection of woods appears to have been included in the existing one in Mulford Hall, which also contains many additional samples that are more recent.) The building also housed “a collection of soil types from all localities in this state.” Soil type displays and a memorial display honoring Dean Hilgard are still housed in the building’s hallways.25

Most of the building’s facilities and fixtures regularly served instructional and research uses, but appear also to have served occasional public use. Hilgard’s

25 See Room Inventory for corridors for more information.

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classrooms were used for public events connected to agriculture, starting with the Nurseryman’s gathering on dedication day in 1917. In March 1918, farmers from throughout California met in Hilgard to discuss “plans for increased farm production and for stimulating the raising of crops among boy farmers of the state as war-time needs…” In 1919, the building housed a conference “to discuss plans for a broader land settlement project for the state,” involving “delegates from the most important organizations and departments of the government and public institutions interested in the irrigation and settlement of 200,000 acres of public land…”26 Beginning in 1920, the University sponsored an Office, third floor, 1918. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley annual public “Fruit Show” which exhibited examples of fresh, dried, and bottled fruits, including new and exotic varieties in Hilgard Hall. At the 1922 show, the public could “taste a pineapple pear…a Chinese date…a seedless black California grape…” or see “pears weighting two pounds each…apples of all sizes and hues, mangoes from India, cactus fruit from the tropic regions…”27

The building’s centrality to the College diminished over the decades, as other facilities were added to the Central Campus, research facilities were developed off campus and the University’s branches focusing on agricultural research and teaching vastly expanded Forestry department, 1918. Moulin Studios photo. Note that cabinets are built into wall on the left, but are installed on the surface of wall on the right. elsewhere in the state, particularly at Davis and Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Riverside. As early as 1922, a state commission recommended construction of a building to complete the Agriculture Complex. This building was intended to house classrooms for agricultural economics and plant and animal nutrition, meeting rooms for agricultural associations and short-course classes and research space for investigating methods for preserving perishable food.28

In the 1920s the University built greenhouses along Hearst Avenue, northwest of Hilgard, from Oxford Street nearly to University House. Called the “Hearst Range,” they were a complex of greenhouses, head houses and other facilities. They were expanded several times during the 1930s and 1940s. The College of Agriculture

26 Oakland Tribune, September 27, 1919. 27 Oakland Tribune, November 14, 1922. 28 Oakland Tribune, December 31, 1922.

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Forestry department classroom, 1918. Single windows indicate it is likely on the west side of the corridor. Moulin studios photo. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley

lobbied the University administration to buy a long, rectangular, block immediately northwest of the campus for near-campus growing grounds and greenhouses. In 1924/25 the University purchased the parcel and it later became known as the “Oxford Tract.”29

In the 1920s, the University acquired what was known as the “Schmidt Tract,” a former farm of more than 20 acres in northwest Berkeley, at the intersection of Sacramento Street and Rose Street. In the early 1940s, the University added the much larger “Gill Tract,” a former private nursery, on San Pablo Avenue, straddling the Berkeley and Albany border and later sold the Schmidt Tract.

On the central campus, new office, classroom, and laboratory buildings were erected in the vicinity of Hilgard Hall for the College of Agriculture and its departments. In 1930, the third permanent building of the Agricultural Group, Giannini Hall, was built on the east side of the complex and Mulford Hall, designed to house the off- shoot School of Forestry (established in 1946), was built to the west and downhill from Hilgard Hall in 1948. Morgan Hall was built for the Department of Nutrition and for Home Economics, under the aegis of the College of Agriculture, north of Mulford and west of Hilgard Hall in 1953.

Central administrative offices of the College of Agriculture were relocated to Giannini Hall. The Division of Forestry moved to Mulford Hall, as did the Department of Genetics. Many of the other research functions traditionally associated with the College of Agriculture were dispersed to the Oxford and Gill Tracts, sites in Strawberry Canyon, the Davis campus, and even more far-flung University of California outposts:

29 Until the 1923 Berkeley Fire, the block contained homes and small apartment buildings.

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With the urbanization of Berkeley and the growth of the campus, research and teaching programs relating more directly to agricultural production were transferred elsewhere. In the period of post-war planning, the role of the college (of Agriculture) at Berkeley was carefully considered in relation to the long range academic plan for that campus. This plan specified the areas of instruction and research that should be emphasized, selecting those ‘which benefit particularly from close association with related disciplines on the campus and which in turn contribute to the strength of related disciplines.30

From about 1930 to 1950, Hilgard Hall went from being one of the two principal buildings (along with Wellman) of the College of Agriculture to one of several buildings serving College functions specific to the Berkeley campus. The College itself had expanded to other UC campuses where, today, the University’s principal functions directly related to agricultural teaching and research are now located. In 1974, the College of Agriculture at Berkeley merged with the School of Forestry to create the College of Natural Resources (CNR). CNR is composed of environmental sciences, including the departments of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM); Plant and Microbial Biology; and Nutritional Science and Toxicology. Its focus is “societal demands for environmental quality, sustainability of natural resources, food safety, nutrition, and economic development.”31

By the beginning of the 1960s, Hilgard and Giannini Halls were functionally obsolete. The 1930s building program – the number and distribution of classrooms, offices, and laboratories – did not serve the greatly expanded 1960s curriculum. Further, the building systems were antiquated; most notably laboratory ventilation. In 1963, a two phase rehabilitation of the buildings resulted in systems upgrades and reprogramming, including the relocation of laboratories to Hilgard Hall and classrooms and offices to Giannini Hall:32 Room 225, typical laboratory remodeled in early 1960s and altered incrementally afterward. Knapp 2012.

30 Centennial Record, 1967, page 70.

31 CNR website, http://nature.berkeley.edu/site/history_mission.php, accessed December, 2011.

32 Daily Californian, “Hilgard and Giannini Halls to be Remodeled by 1963,” October 5, 1961.

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Contractors have almost gutted the old but sound concrete building in preparation for a complete interior remodeling… The entire building (Hilgard Hall) will be converted into laboratories, said Perry R. Stout, chairman of the Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, principal director of the renovation. His department and the Department of Plant Pathology are benefiting from a special $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to provide renovated facilities for their basic research that could not otherwise be obtained.

The building renovation will provide needed modern research laboratories for the agricultural sciences on the campus… The complete $1,710,000 remodeling project will also provide laboratories in Hilgard Hall for the Department of Food Science and Technology and the Kearney Foundation of Soil Science and the establishment of the Agricultural Reference Library in Giannini Hall… Condemnation of the old fume hoods by the occupational health engineers gave extreme urgency to the project… When the hall was built there was no ventilation system and no compressed air or vacuum system for the laboratories. In 1916 no one could have foreseen today’s research with radioactive isotopes, and the laboratory precautions that go with it, or work with antibiotics.33

The University retained Ratcliff & Ratcliff Architects and Arntz Construction to remodel Hilgard Hall. The Ratcliff firm was founded by Walter Ratcliff, Jr. who had come to Berkeley in the early 20th century. Ratclilff worked on at least one campus project – the Hearst Memorial Mining Building – before founding a private architectural practice specializing in residential, commercial, and institutional design. Now located in Emeryville, the firm continues today under the leadership of the third generation of Ratcliffs.

33 Hayward Daily Review, “UC Hilgard Hall Renovated,” September 8, 1960.

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Construction Chronology

1853 Henry Durant established Contra Costa Academy in Oakland 1860 founders dedicated a 140-acre site in Berkeley as the new location of Contra Costa Academy 1868 University of California was founded 1868-9 regents created College of Agriculture 1873 north and South Halls constructed; College of Agriculture housed in South Hall 1874 e ugene W. Hilgard appointed to faculty and established “growing grounds” on campus 1888 College of Agriculture moved to new Agricultural Experimental Station Building constructed on current site of Moses Hall 1899 Hearst Competition 1900-10 Planning begun for new facilities for College of Agriculture 1905 Legislature authorized The Regents to establish University Farm School 1906 davisville (now Davis) selected as location for farm school 1907 University Farm dedicated at Davis Legislature established Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside (now UC Riverside) 1908 John Galen Howard updated Hearst plan 1910-12 agriculture (now Wellman) Hall constructed 1914 Howard again revised Hearst plan, showing five-building grouping for the College of Agriculture, anchored by Wellman Hall 1914 California voters approved $1.8-million construction bond for University 1916 Construction of Hilgard Hall began in August 1917 Hilgard Hall was occupied in August and dedicated in October 1927 Kjeldahl fume absorber installed in hood, Room 14 1930 Giannini Hall constructed, completing Agriculture Complex 1931 Plant environment chambers project room 10 & 210 altered

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Construction Chronology, continued

1933-4 reconstruction of cold storage plant 1946 school of Forestry established 1948 Mulford Hall built for School of Forestry 1956 Lab furniture altered 1960-3 Hilgard Hall interior remodeled in $1.7-million project designed by Ratcliff & Ratcliff Architects 1966 room 112 altered 1974 College of Agriculture and School of Forestry merged to form College of Natural Resources 1976 alterations to Room 205 1979 alterations to Room 207 1993 fire alarm system renovated 1996 Mechanical and plumbing alterations to Rooms 235 and 241 completed 2007 accessibility improvements–specifically, ramp to basement entry– completed

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John Galen Howard John Galen Howard was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts in 1864. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology–then, the only architecture program in the United States, leaving before he completed his degree. He apprenticed under Henry Hobson Richardson and later worked for Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor practice.34 Howard left their employ to travel to California, where he sketched missions and adobe buildings, becoming familiar with one of California’s earliest types of vernacular architecture.35 Upon returning to the East Coast, Howard took a position with the prestigious firm of McKim, Mead and White. With financial support from Charles McKim, Howard attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1890 to 1893. Although he once more abandoned his education before he completed his degree, Howard’s work was forever changed by the three years spent at the Ecole. Upon his return to New York in 1894, he established a private practice with Samuel Cauldwell. 36

In 1899, Howard submitted an entry in the Phoebe Hearst International Architectural Competition for a master plan for the University of California. Emile Benard, a French architect and painter, won the competition; Howard placed fourth. Benard declined the appointment as supervising architect for the new University and, in 1901, Howard, assumed the position.37 In 1902, Howard moved his family to California and, by 1903, the University had allocated funds to establish a department of architecture and Howard was appointed professor of architecture.38 In 1903, Howard’s first project, the Hearst Greek Theatre, was completed and, by 1913, he was appointed director of the School of Architecture. Howard designed the classical core of campus and related Beaux Arts buildings, including the Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Greek Theatre, Durant (formerly Boalt) Hall, California Hall, Wellman (formerly Agriculture) Hall, the University Library, Sather Tower (the Campanile), Sather Gate, Wheeler Hall, Gilman Hall, Hesse Hall, (old) Le Conte Hall, Senior Hall, portions of the Faculty Club, the Women’s Faculty Club and Haviland Hall.39In addition, Howard designed numerous temporary buildings some of which have survived, including North Gate Hall, Naval Architecture and the first unit of the Dwinelle Annex.

34 www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/8642/jghoward.html. 35 Helfand, The Campus Guide, p 14. 36 Ibid. www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/8642/jghoward.html. 37 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/online_exhibits/romapacifica/partiv.html. Accessed 15 March 2012. 38 Ibid. 39 Ibid.

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During Howard’s tenure as Supervising Architect at the University, Julia Morgan worked under Howard as his assistant. She helped draw the elevations for the master plan and assisted Howard during the construction of the Greek Theatre. One year after the completion of the Greek Theatre, Julia Morgan opened her own practice.40

In 1898, with the final stages of the Phoebe Hearst Competition under way, President Kellogg retired from the University. Though he had suggested several local candidates, The Regents thought that it would be more beneficial to bring an Eastern influence to their growing University. Benjamin Ide Wheeler of Cornell University was appointed president of the University of California in July of 1899 and served for twenty years, until 1919.41 Under his guidance, the University not only tripled in size, but began to establish its reputation as one of the finest universities in the nation.42 A graduate of Brown University, Wheeler came to Berkeley directly following a sabbatical in Athens. Wheeler, who had been a been a professor of both comparative philology and Greek during his tenure at Cornell, brought with him a “love of classical antiquity”43 which matched well with the Athens of the West image that the University was developing.44 President Wheeler was also instrumental in encouraging John Galen Howard to come to the University. He was interested in having him not only as the supervising architect but as a professor as well. Phoebe Hearst had already hired Howard as the architect for the Hearst Memorial Mining Building, and in 1901 he accepted the position as supervising architect, and began incorporating his own ideas and more importantly fiscal realities on the University plan.45 Howard had a simpler, Greek plan for the University and worked to incorporate that into the design that had been left from Benard.46

40 www.hearstcastle.org, Julia Morgan. 41 Wardrip, A Western Portal of Culture, p 26. 42 www.berkeley.edu/about/history/#brief. 43 Helfand, The Campus Guide, p 15. 44 Cal Performances Centennial, p 9. 45 Wardrip, A Western Portal of Culture, p 31. 46 Ibid., p 32.

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Description & Conditions Assessment Site and Landscape

Site Hilgard Hall is part of the three-building Agriculture Complex which includes Giannini Hall (located along the east side of the U-shaped complex), Wellman Hall (on the south), and Hilgard Hall (on the west). In the Phoebe A. Hearst Plan for the campus, revised by John Galen Howard in 1914, this complex, sited on a terrace to align with the five-building Life Sciences group to the south, formed the northwestern edge of the campus’s buildings. When completed in 1917, Hilgard Hall was the westernmost building on campus and continued to be so until after World War II when Mulford Hall was completed in 1948. During that period, the landscape along its west side provided a setting for Hilgard Hall’s monumental west façade. Today, the Agriculture Complex overlooks the West Oval Glade to the south and is on axis with the Valley Life Sciences building to the south. Because of buildings added to the campus to the west and north after World War II, the Agriculture Complex is no longer discernable as a discrete cluster, and the landscape on the west side of Hilgard Hall now functions as part of the surrounding College of Natural Resources area.

Howard’s 1914 plan included a formal courtyard within the interior landscape space enclosed by the three Agriculture Complex buildings. Hilgard Hall forms the western enclosure for this courtyard area. The landscape along its east side was originally intended to function as a part of this formal landscape and to provide a setting for the three entrances along Hilgard Hall’s east side. Howard’s formal landscape plan for the courtyard was never implemented, but after Giannini Hall was completed in 1930, a parking lot was laid out in the center of the courtyard area, and the land between the edges of this parking lot and the buildings became the primary landscaped spaces. Today, these landscaped frontages function as settings for each building rather than as part of a symmetrically laid out formal courtyard as envisioned by Howard.

Plaza at entry stair on west elevation. Denise Bradley 2012. Lawn on west side of Hilgard Hall. Denise Bradley 2012.

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Landscape

West Side and North and South Ends A small plaza extends around the stair that leads to Hilgard Hall’s main entrance, located at the center of the west facade. The plaza’s paving consists an inner band of concrete with rows of small stones arranged in rows and set on their edges and an outer border of red brick (laid in a diamond pattern) infilled with the same exposed aggregate concrete.

A lawn wraps around the west side and north and south ends of Hilgard Hall and extends from the building’s foundation down to Wickson Road (to the south) and out to two paths, one to the west and one to the north, which are part of the broader pedestrian circulation system in this part of the campus. Asphalt-paved paths located within the lawn area provide pedestrian access along the building’s west side, along the south end, and down the slope to the west and south where they link to the broader pedestrian circulation system.

A large olive tree is located near the north corner of the center bay on the west side of the building, and another tree is located near this corresponding location at the south corner. There are a variety of trees (mainly pine) dotting the sloping lawn south of the building, and a bed containing trees and large shrubs is along the east edge of this area, next to the drive that leads up from Wickson Road to the Wellman Courtyard parking lot. Several large trees (oaks and one sweetgum) trees are on either side of the path that runs diagonally (northeast-to-southwest) down the slope southwest of the building. A stacked stone retaining wall near the base of this path (on its south side) and ivy and juniper growing in the adjacent planting bed were added sometime after this path was cut into the slope, probably as a way to prevent erosion.

Lights (acorn globe in a cast frame on a tapered metal post with a fluted base), which

Retaining wall southwest of Hilgard Hall. Denise Bradley 2012.

Olive tree on lawn, south of main entry, on west side of building. Denise Bradley 2012.

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appear to be one of the standard styles of historic fixtures found on campus, are spaced at regular intervals next to the paths.

The key remaining landscape features related to the John Galen Howard’s1914 Hearst plan are the decorative paved plaza located at the base of the stair leading up to the building’s entrance, the lawn on the slopes around the building, and the two olive trees that appear to be remnants of what were once larger plantings to the northwest and southwest of the building that framed the views of Hilgard from the west prior to 1948.

East Side An asphalt-paved drive originating at Wickson Road curves up the hill in the area between Wellman and Hilgard Halls and provides vehicular access to the Wellman Courtyard parking lot,47 which occupies the central portion of the Wellman Courtyard (the current name for the Agriculture Complex courtyard), and then continues as a narrower pedestrian path along the east side of the landscape setting in front of Hilgard Hall. This path provides access to the three historic entrances on the east side of the building, via short asphalt sidewalks, and to a non-historic, accessible concrete ramp leading down to building’s basement door, and then connects to the pedestrian circulation system north of Hilgard Hall. A drive and parking area in this same general location was laid out soon after the building was completed in 1917, and a circulation path, in various forms, has been a continuous feature in the landscape since then.

To the west of this drive/path a narrow lawn provides the landscape setting for the east side of Hilgard Hall. (The landscape to the east of the path relates to the Wellman Courtyard parking lot and is not described in this report.) The lawn was established soon after the building was completed in 1917 and has been a continuous feature in

47 A similar drive is located on the east side of Wellman.

Access drive on east side of Hilgard Hall and south entrance on east side Landscape area on east side of Hilgard Hall and center entrance on east of building. Denise Bradley 2012. elevation. Denise Bradley 2012.

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the landscape since then. Two Lombardy poplars, one each growing near the north and south corners of the central bay, are the other key vegetation feature; these trees were planted to match two Lombardy poplars which were located in a similar location at Giannini Hall (only one of the two poplars remains extant at Giannini).

The plantings associated with the three historic entrances were added at different times and have different compositions and appearances. At the secondary entrance located at the south end of Hilgard, a low hedge is planted against the building’s foundation and along the sides of the stair leading up to the entrance. Small trees (which may have been planted as shrubs) line the back of the lawn area on either side of the main entrance at the center of the building’s east elevation; a narrow band of ivy runs under the trees on the north side but is missing under those on the south side. Two shrubs, one on either side, frame the secondary entrance at the north end; asphalt paving creates a small plaza at this entrance; a hedge aligned perpendicular to Hilgard Hall creates a low wall or barrier at the north end of this paved area. Two pollarded London plane trees, which frame this entrance, along with one located north of the hedge, form a short row along the west side of the pedestrian path; a similar row stretches along the east side of this path.

The addition of the concrete ramp, which leads down to the basement door, resulted in a triangular bed area between this ramp and the building. One of the historic Lombardy poplars is located here.

Three lights (acorn globe in a cast frame on a tapered metal post with a fluted base), which appear to be one of the standard styles of historic fixtures found on campus, are spaced across the lawn next to the path.

North entry on east side of Hilgard Hall. Denise Bradley 2012.

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Exterior Description Hilgard Hall is roughly C-shape in massing, articulated as three wings. The main wing, oriented north-south, terminates in chamfered corners leading to smaller, parallel wings, oriented at an angle of about 75 degrees to the axis of the main bar. This angled relationship, which mirrors the footprint of Giannini Hall, makes the Agriculture Complex form a large U-shaped plan open to the north. The distance between the north end-elevations of Hilgard and Giannini Halls is smaller than the distance between the south end-elevations, creating a sense of closure in the courtyard at the center of the complex (and setting the stage for a fourth building which is shorter than Wellman Hall). This geometry also means that the footprints of Hilgard and Giannini Halls are not bilaterally symmetrical around the buildings’ central axes because the chamfered wing on the north is five bays wide on the outside elevation (the west elevation in the case of Hilgard), while the chamfered wing on the south is only four bays wide. The hip roof is covered in red barrel-shaped clay tile like most of the classical buildings in the Campus Park. Inconspicuous voids in the roof open to small terraces which provide light to the third floor; while the basement is raised above grade only enough to allow squat windows to light its spaces. This arrangement makes the building appear substantially lower than a four-story building, while providing natural light to the perimeter rooms on all four floors.

The west elevation is primary architecturally, and would be primary experientially if the site and setting resembled Howard’s 1914 Revised Sketch for the Agriculture Group, University of California. Today, the grouping is no longer discernable as a discrete cluster from the west and newer buildings to its north and west, along with

West elevation of Hilgard Hall, looking southeast. Knapp 2012.

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changes in circulation patterns in this part of campus, make the west elevation far less prominent visually than it originally was. . Because the College’s three buildings function as an interrelated unit, students and faculty tend to use the three doors on the east side of the building as their primary means of entering and exiting the building.

A bullnose-shaped water table defines the base of the west elevation, delineating it from the monumental colonnade above. Each bay, established above by the colonnade, is pierced at the basement by windows containing eight-over-eight wood sash. The base of the wall visually supports a monumental colonnade of 11 bays with engaged columns above. In turn, the columns visually support an entablature and, above the entablature, an attic. The colonnade is composed of engaged columns with fluted shafts, Doric and articulated bases, exhibiting a greater Tuscan than Doric influence. The colonnade terminates in paired pilasters at the north and south. The first and second floors are defined by one eight-over-eight, double-hung, wood windows in each column bay. The spandrels between the first and second floor are clad with sgraffito panels, ornamented with garlands and agricultural themes. The tall frieze of the entablature consists of sgraffito panels (corresponding to metopes) with agricultural motifs, punctuated by projecting cows’ heads (corresponding to triglyphs). Above this is the attic, which is incised with the inscription “TO RESCUE FOR HUMAN SOCIETY THE NATIVE VALUES OF RURAL LIFE.”

The texture of the stucco is varies depending on its location, as a device to articulate the classical composition of the facades. It is the roughest at the base of the building. Between the basement windows, frames of smooth stucco define panels of rougher

Entry and main stair at west elevation. Main entry on west elevation. Jill Johnson 2011. Jill Johnson 2011.

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stucco. The podium of the colonnade is smooth, while the main wall surface is textured slightly less coarsely than the panels between the basement windows. The window trim is very smooth, as are the water table and cornice. On the west elevation, this articulation is part of a larger palette of materials which help express the architectural order. In addition to the variation in stucco textures, the sgraffito creates a visual contrast between elements of the façade; the cast stone further emphasizes the visual distinction of key components, most notably the engage columns on the west elevation.

In the center bay, a monumental stair leads to the main entry, which consists of a double door and transom, both covered in a dense iron clathri screen. A panel in the transom reads “HILGARD HALL.” The deep doorway opening is faced on the tops and sides with a heavy relief molding, with the side panels and soffit lining it covered in sgraffito panels. Above the door opening is a high frieze with consoles and shields flanking a garlanded relief panel. The cornice over the door opening consists of an egg-and-dart molding, flat molding, bead-and-reel molding and. On top of the cornice is a double cornucopia lying in front of large sculpture of a basket laden with produce.

The entrance stair consists of brick treads and risers bordered by concrete with exposed aggregate. Concrete walls flank the upper two thirds of the stair, which fans out below the walls with treads descending at right angles to main axis. A monumental lamp-post with a four-sided base occupies the end of each of the side walls flanking the stair. Like the sculpture over the doorway, the lamp-posts are made of concrete. Basement, water table, and podium of colonnade. The colonnade projects from the wall of the main wing, which extends one bay Jill Johnson 2011. past the colonnade at each end. The two ends of the main building bar on the west elevation continue the wall composition found on the rest of the building. The basement is partially above grade, topped by a prominent bullnose water table. The first and second floor walls are flat, unadorned stucco, with double-hung, eight-over-eight wood windows punched in regular bays at the first and second floor. The windows are single on the two east end-elevations, and the north and south elevations; on the east elevation the windows are paired six-over-six double-hung units separated by a flat wood mullion. The window openings have simple moldings at the jambs and head, with a slightly projecting sill, all in stucco. A cornice that is simpler and Balcony at second floor, northwest elevation (chamfered segment of slightly lower than the one on the colonnade at the west building mass). The balconies on the east and west elevations are similar, but the ones on the west elevation have more sgraffito ornament. elevation terminates the wall, with the barrel tile roof Knapp 2012.

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exposed directly above it. At each corner is a pilaster infilled with sgraffito.

There are secondary entries on the two end-elevations that face east, providing exterior access to the stairs that terminate the corridor that runs the length of the building on each floor. The doors at these entries are about halfway between grade and the first floor, with a short stair at each. The stairs are similar to the main west stair, but are a straight run only and do not have the flanking walls found on the monumental entry. The opening to the slightly recessed door has a molding similar to the one on the main west entry. Glazed double doors with a 15-light transom lead to the stair landing. A balcony with a solid railing and monumental brackets with acanthus-leaf reliefs is placed like a hood immediately above the door opening. This balcony occurs at the stair landing between the second and third floors; it has a pair of double-hung, six-over-six wood windows. Three engaged round colonnettes which bracket the windows support round arches just below the cornice. A band of sgraffito and moldings surround the window opening, surmounted by a small cornice. At the center of the east elevation of the main building bar is a similar stair, but with a wider door at the first floor level. There is an entry door at the basement, accessed below the wide exterior landing for the door at the first floor level. A wide, curved, concrete path leads from the courtyard at the south end of the east elevation to the lower entry, continuing north at basement level as an areaway.

The roof appears simpler from grade than from the air, especially because of limited vantage points where it can be seen in its totality. The hip form is topped by a thin, flat center band which runs the length of the building, except at the two easternmost wings which terminate in a true hip roof. The tiled roof has concealed gutters a short distance above the eaves.

Except at the colonnade on the west elevation, there is a void in the roof above each window bay, providing light to a small terrace at the third floor. The attic band of the monumental colonnade on the west elevation rises roughly the same height as the roof peak, and forms the western wall of a recessed patio at the third floor which gives light and air to the rooms on the west side of the main bar of the building. There are 11 long, narrow chimneys at the top of the sloped portion of the roof, originally designed as exhausts. Each is about four to five feet tall, with a gabled tile termination above square ventilation openings, with solid stucco walls below.

Roof, with inset dormers at third floor and flat roof at top of tiled hip roof visible. Note built-in gutters at bottom of hip roof. Knapp 2012.

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Ornamental Motifs The exterior architectural ornamentation of Hilgard Hall consists of two primary motifs: classical architectural imagery, and agricultural motifs. Because the former has always included a wide variety of images drawn plant and agricultural sources, there is overlap between the two categories and even the specifically agricultural images easily fit into the visual whole. The decorative imagery is executed in two materials: cast concrete and sgraffito. Cast concrete is used on the attic story and frieze of the monumental colonnade, the balconies and trim at entry doors (it is also use in the arched window surrounds above the doors, but without agricultural or classical imagery). Sgraffito appears on the spandrel panels in the monumental colonnade, the pilasters, and the side panels in the recessed entries. (The building also has typical architectural details, such as the monumental columns, water table and cornice, that do not include decorative imagery. These are mentioned in the exterior description.)

The greatest concentration of ornamental motifs is on the monumental colonnade on the west elevation. Here, the twin pilasters that flank the colonnade, the spandrel panels between the second and third floors, the frieze, and the ends of the attic story all have agricultural and vegetative imagery. Each of the spandrel panel has a swagged garland, with a roundel above the swag, dominating the upper center; the roundel in each spandrel has a unique bas-relief image related to programs of the College of Agriculture, such as a horse and a rooster. Above the hood of the main entry is a sculpture of cast-stone basket of fruit, flanked by cornucopiae. The frieze consists of a bucranium, or ox head, in cast concrete above each column like a triglyph, with the background (corresponding to metopes) consisting of sgraffito with an urn flanked by cornucopiae in each bay. The bucranium typically depicts a skull, according to D. S. Robertson (p. 210), but on Hilgard Hall a live animal, a Hellenistic convention, may have been used to emphasize agriculture instead of sacrificial offerings. At each end of the attic story is a panel with a cast-stone relief of Pegasus.”

The sgraffito pilasters of the monumental colonnade are similar to those on the other elevations. The sgraffito images in the pilasters are composed mostly of stacked and interconnected floral motifs and urns. Some pilasters have panels with classical images such as griffons, or agricultural motifs such as a pair of crossed sickles. The balconies have solid guardrails in cast concrete, with panels decorated with bas-relief images of agricultural items such as sheaves of grain.

One image of interest – which is not properly agricultural – is the California poppy. The state flower appears on the door surrounds, the horizontal band atop the walls flanking the monumental stair on the west elevation, and in one of the panels of the sgraffito pilasters.

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Interior Although it is slightly more complex in shape, the building is very simple sectionally, making the plans very regular and the four levels very similar. A double-loaded corridor runs the length of the building, with a stair at each end. The landing between the first floor and the basement opens to the exterior at the end-elevations. At the center of the building, the main (west) and east entries connect to the main corridor through a short cross-corridor. An elevator was added on the west side of the corridor, constricting the west cross-corridor, which was originally twice as wide as the west entry, to the same width as the east corridor. The corridors are wider on the first and second floors, where the higher floor-to-floor dimension gives them a nearly monumental quality. Although the corridor does not change, at the third floor the rooms have sloped ceilings on one side because of the hip roof, except on the west side where the roof is flat adjacent to the open terrace behind the west elevation.

Interior Description

Entries, Corridors and Stairs The primary entry on the west elevation at the center of the building leads to a small landing with a short flight of stairs up to the main first floor level. The entry landing, short stair, and main corridor wrap around the elevator shaft, with the elevator door at the main floor level facing east to the main corridor. Opposite the west entry is a similar short corridor to the first floor entry on the east elevation. There are entries on the end-elevations at the north and south terminations of the building; these open onto landings between the first floor and the basement which are part of the north and south stairs. The basement entry at the center of the east elevation opens to a short corridor leading to the main basement corridor. None of the entries has an enclosed vestibule; their finishes and detailing match the corridors or stairs in which each door is located.

The main corridors run the full length of the axis of the building, forming a C shape on each level similar to the building footprint. The corridors are similar on all levels, with the primary difference being First floor corridor. Duct the lesser height and width of the work installed in early 1960s third floor corridor and the lack of effectively makes the corridor lower than the rooms. Knapp transom windows at the basement and 2011. third floor corridors. The corridors typically have plaster ceilings and walls, “battleship” linoleum flooring (with 9-inch composition tile at the basement), and clear-finished glazed doors and trim. Lighting is from

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recent, rectangular fluorescent fixtures, typically mounted on the ceiling or on the bottom of ducts. At the first floor, the base molding is wood, while the other corridors have molded plaster base. There is a wood picture rail, but it is obscured somewhat by the ducts in much of the corridors, except at the third floor where it is continuous with the door head molding. At each level, there are two fire-hose cabinets with glaze wood doors, The corridors have a large range of casework, including glazed display cases, glazed cabinets, and cabinets with solid doors, all made of wood but varying in size, shape, and configuration. Some display cabinets at the first and second floors are recessed into the walls, while many others are installed on the surface of the walls. While many appear decades old, some (especially in the basement) are obviously more recent. A notable feature is the niche on the east wall of the main corridor at the first floor, just south of the cross corridor of the east and west entries. The semicircular niche has an arched top that meets the ceiling. In the niche is a fluted pedestal with a bronze bust of Eugene W. Hilgard. Typical features include exposed ducts running the length of the ceiling, often with branch ducts reaching spaces through the transoms, and a variety of electrical panels, devices, and conduits or wires.

Program Spaces Bust of Eugene W. Hilgard, first floor corridor. Knapp 2011. Program spaces include offices, laboratories, and conference rooms; these are distributed throughout the building, although service spaces are most prevalent in the basement, laboratories on the first and second floors, and offices on the third floor. These spaces are differentiated much more by casework, equipment, and building systems than by architectural elements and materials. For this report, a space is considered to be a laboratory if it has laboratory benches or a fume hood. No effort was made to determine whether a given space is primarily used for conducting bench research and gathering data (laboratory) or for office use. Plaster ceilings prevail, though a number of spaces have 12 inch acoustic tile applied to the plaster and a smaller number have suspended T-bar ceilings. Walls are plaster or gypsum board,

Room 125, laboratory showing representative lab bench from 1960s Room 112, conference room. Note resilient sheet flooring and acoustic remodel or later, plaster walls, wood picture rail, pendent fluorescent tile ceiling. Knapp 2011. light fixture, and exposed mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Knapp 2011.

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with few exceptions. Most flooring is resilient sheet, with linoleum sheet flooring in monolithic brown color (“battleship linoleum) prevalent; a minority of spaces have 9- or 12-inch-square composition tile. Carpeting is found in a few rooms.

Nearly every room has a base molding and a picture rail. The base varies among molded plaster, wood, molded vinyl, and flush plaster with a small metal channel inset in the plaster at the height of the top of a typical base. The same metal channel is the predominant picture rail material, though there is a wood picture rail in some spaces, particularly on the third floor. The window and door trim is wood, typically clear-finished or stained to match the window or door. Most windows are recessed, with very narrow trim, though in some locations (including the stairs and the third floor) the much broader trim is mounted on the face of the wall. There is surface electrical wiring in virtually every room; this includes electro-metallic tubing (EMT) which resembles thin steel piping, wiremold, and exposed wires. The great majority of rooms have grilles for the heating and ventilating system, while many rooms also have traditional steam radiators. Most rooms have exposed piping; laboratories have varying combinations of specialized piping for compressed air, vacuum, gas, and hot and cold industrial (de-ionized) water. The building has all-fluorescent lighting. Rectangular fixtures with flat plastic diffusers of various shapes are typically surface mounted at lower ceilings and pendent mounted in spaces where the ceiling is the structural slab of the floor above. The date of these fixtures is unknown, but they appear to have been installed within the past 30 years. There are a few fluorescent fixtures that are much older, apparently from the 1950s or earlier.

Offices Offices typically have the standard materials and finishes described above for program spaces. While some have built-in cabinets and desks, many have no casework distinguishing them from meeting rooms. In general, the materials used for the

Room 321, office. This office is notable for the arched French doors Room 321, looking in the opposite direction. Corridor door is typical; this opening onto the third floor terrace. The metal groove picture rail is one has a modern latch and closer but does not have a Lexan security found in many other spaces. Knapp 2012. panel at the glass. Knapp 2012.

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cabinets in the offices are the same as those found in the laboratories, except for greater use of resin surfaces in the laboratories. Some offices have built-in casework that appears 50 or more years old, but most of the built-in cabinets appear to date from the 1960s or later. Offices may have base cabinets with countertops, upper cabinets with glazed or blank doors, or both. While there is wide variation in species and finish, the cabinets are almost all clear-finished wood.

Laboratories These spaces tend to be larger than offices, but are distinguished primarily by the presence of laboratory benches and fume hoods. For the purposes of this report, a laboratory bench is freestanding, or is clearly for research and not merely storage. Laboratory benches typically have black resin work surfaces (though some have stainless steel and any number have plastic laminate, usually black). The base is typically made of drawers and cabinets. Most laboratory benches have some combination of piping for gas, compressed air, vacuum, and hot and cold industrial water. Many have sinks, typically of black resin or composite material. Most laboratory benches have vertical risers connecting the specialized piping, power, or both to the building systems at the ceiling. Most laboratories also have base cabinets, often with upper cabinets, lining a substantial portion of the wall space. The laboratory benches and cabinets match in some laboratories, but are different in a substantial number of cases.

Fume hoods are typically installed against the wall, in some cases on their own metal base and in other cases on wood base cabinets. The fume hoods vary in size, configuration, and age. Some are clearly still in use while others are abandoned or inoperable. The laboratories also have a variety of specialized, permanently installed scientific equipment or building systems; none of these appear to date from the period of significance. This report does not cover the scientific instruments in the building.

Room 5. Basement laboratories vary somewhat more in configuration and Room 148, laboratory. Note duct through transom; this condition is features than those on the upper floors. Note split-system air-conditioning very common on the first and second floors. unit on wall at right. Knapp 2012.

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It is obvious that this equipment is continually being acquired, moved, modified, and removed based on research needs; none of the scientific instruments appear to date from the period of significance.

Meeting Rooms Meeting rooms are similar to the offices, except that they are larger and have less built-in casework. Most have chalkboards, white boards, or projection screens.

Specialized Spaces The building also has a variety of specialized spaces, though they are not necessarily used for the purpose which drove their design and selection of materials. The most notable are cold-storage spaces, marked by their distinctive insulated wood corridor doors. Room 243, labeled “Plant Pathology” on its insulated door, now houses a series of freestanding temperature-controlled storage units but has non-original specialized piping for laboratory uses and a T-bar ceiling with specialized lay-in panels. Room 216, which has a conventional corridor door, also houses freestanding temperature-controlled storage units and has exposed building systems and piping which would have interfered with typical laboratory or office use. Room 225, laboratory. Lab bench has resin surface, apparently from 1960s remodel. Knapp 2011.

Room 323, laboratory. All third floor laboratories have access to inset Room 251, conference. This space has battleship linoleum flooring, dormers or, like this one, one of the terraces. Third floor rooms at the typical of laboratories; some conference rooms have less utilitarian terraces have flat ceilings. Knapp 2012. finishes, but all are relatively plain and spare. Knapp 2012.

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Women’s toilet room, third floor. Like men’s room on third floor, this space has fixtures, finishes, and toilet partitions that predate the 1960s renovation. Knapp 2011.

Toilet Rooms

Hilgard Hall has men’s and women’s toilet rooms in the basement and on the third floor. The toilet rooms appear to retain among the oldest and least modified features in the building, although they do have more recent finishes. The pedestal lavatories, floor-mounted urinals, and water closets in the men’s room on the third floor, all porcelain appear original. The monolithic terrazzo flooring, marble toilet partitions, and marble base molding and wainscot are also probably original. The porcelain enamel lavatories in the third floor women’s room may be newer, but the other features are similar to those in the men’s room. The basement men’s room has much more recent ceramic tile flooring, and more recent lavatories with hot and cold water piping surface-mounted on the marble wainscot.

Service Spaces The building has a series of service spaces. The first major group of services spaces are particular to the academic and research function of Hilgard Hall. Most distinctive of these architecturally are the cold rooms. These windowless spaces have cooling systems which maintain a temperature (with most of the rooms labeled as -5 deg. C or about 40 deg. F, or -18 deg. C or about 0 deg. F) for storage of experimental materials. While materials vary, most of the cold rooms have specialized flooring, wall, and ceiling assemblies to insulate them. Some have built-in casework, while others do not. Other service spaces are equipment rooms (housing autoclaves, specialized low-temperature storage apparatus, incubators, and the like) and storage rooms. The major distinguishing characteristics of these spaces are the simpler finishes, limited lighting and electrical systems, and scarcity of windows they have in comparison with the offices, laboratories, and meeting rooms.

Hilgard Hall also has a series of service spaces typical of all buildings. These include janitors’ closets, mechanical rooms, and electrical rooms. These spaces generally have concrete floors and plaster walls and ceilings. Some have windows but many do not.

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Materials and Features Exterior

Stucco The exterior of the building is faced is stucco, applied over the board-form concrete walls. The flat surface of the stucco has uniform, rough texture but is not otherwise articulated or ornamented. The exterior architectural detail of Hilgard Hall is executed entirely in other materials, with the stucco being the background material. The stucco appears to have been painted or coated, probably many years ago. Like the other cementitious materials on the exterior of Hilgard Hall, it was originally integrally colored. Historic photographs indicate there was originally a far greater color contrast among the materials on the west elevation than is visible today.

Base of building, west elevation. Stucco is cracking in several places where the building meets the grade. Knapp 2012. Note also the streaking from soiling, and the badly peeling paint on the window.

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Imagery in Sgraffito

Howard placed sgraffito ornament on all elevations, it does not include details. Denneville, Howard, or others concentrating it heavily on the monumental west colonnade, may have produced sketches and shop drawings before full where it occurs on the spandrels between the first and second production began. A labor-saving technique they used was floor, the entablature frieze, and the paired pilasters which flank the use of repetitive panels to make up the pilasters. While the colonnade. Sgraffito also appears on similar pilasters that adjacent pilasters (the pairs flanking the west colonnade, and mark corners of the building, and the side panels in the recessed the two pilasters on adjacent elevations at many but not all entries. There are sgraffito panels on the face of the building of the corners) generally are identical, each of these pairs of at the second floor balconies on the chamfered elevations pilasters has a unique design. Each pilaster consists of stacked flanking the main west façade and the balconies above the panels of images – and those images are used repetitively, with entries on the north and south ends of the east elevation. the pilasters differentiated only by the selection and order of images used on each. Some of the panels are twice as high as The sgraffito panels combine imagery from classical architecture others, with the basic unit being roughly square. Typical pilaster (mostly urns and acanthus leaves and other foliate forms) and designs consist of nine panels. from agriculture into a composition which fits the building’s ornament into the Beaux-Arts tradition while particularizing it The images fall into three general groups: agricultural images to the College of Agriculture. The largest composition occurs at such as ox skulls, sickles, and sheaves of grain, vegetative motifs the center of the second floor balcony on the north chamfered (mostly classical, but including the California poppy), and elevation, with some images (such as Pegasus) which are not classical motifs such as urns, griffons and putti. Sometimes they seen elsewhere. But the most prevalent use of sgraffito is on are combined, as in the case of an urn with California poppies the pilasters. and sheaves of grain. These images illustrate most of the panels which make up the sgraffito pilasters; the names are included One of the original drawings indicates images for the sgraffito only as a guide and are not taken from original documents. ornament on the pilasters (see accompanying image), but s, 2012. s, ch i t e ct A r

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Sgraffito The term “sgraffito” means “scratched” in Italian. The technique was used thousands LEFT: Sgraffito on side panels in recessed entry at west side of of years ago in Etruscan pottery, and came into use in European architecture by the building. Indentation in sgraffito Renaissance.48 (Sgraffito was not limited to Europe; a recent exhibit at the Asian Art allows monumental handle on iron door to swing clear without Museum in San Francisco featured Korean Bucheong ceramics from as early as the damaging wall. Knapp 2012. employing two variants of the sgraffito technique.49) Sgraffito involves cutting or scraping away a surface coat to exposed a colored coat underneath, creating line work RIGHT: Sgraffito panel on Berkeley or fields of color on the visual background of the surface coat. Although the surface Public Library. Here, the panel has coat may be very thin, sgraffito necessarily includes an element of relief between the only two layers, both of which are surface coat and the exposed color coat below. The relief itself traditionally was a completely flat. Green coloring has migrated heavily to the top layer, a visual component of the overall effect of sgraffito as a medium.50 condition which was not observed on any sgraffito panel at Hilgard The color coat was applied over a base (or scratch) coat of stucco, which in the case Hall. Knapp 2012. of Hilgard Hall was applied in turn to the board form concrete structural substrate. Then a surface coat of uncolored stucco was applied over the color coat. While the surface coat was still soft enough to work, the artist would use a nail, scraper, knife or similar tool to remove the surface coat and expose the color coat, creating the desired relief and pattern of color for the design. The design of a sgraffito panel was prepared in advance and transferred to the panel using either a rigid template or a paper cartoon.51 In the case of a paper cartoon, the line work was perforated, and then a “pounce” of charcoal dust applied from a muslin bag was worked through the perforations to create a facsimile of the line work on the top coat. Because the function of the surface coat was to obscure the color coat while being easy to remove with control where desired, it did not have to be thick. In some cases, the surface coat

48 Bartholemew, E.C. “Sgraffito in America.” The Architect. Vol. XI, No. 1J. A. Drummond, San Francisco, January, 1916. P 16. 49. http://www.asianart.org/poetry/description.htm. Accessed 18 March 2012. 50. http://www.meda-corpus.net/eng/gates/PDF/F2/B04_ESP.PDF. Accessed 18 March 2012. 51. http://www.meda-corpus.net/eng/gates/PDF/F2/B04_ESP.PDF. Accessed 18 March 2012.

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was applied only with a brush, though it was typically 1/8” to ¼” thick.52

Sgraffito was used in Europe as a folk art in earlier centuries53, and enjoyed a resurgence of popularity there in the late 19th Century. It had “been comparatively little used in America” by the time Hilgard Hall was constructed, although it received attention when Carrere & Hastings and McKim, Mead and White used it. Its use by Denneville at the Panama-Pacific exhibition – or perhaps its ongoing application at Hilgard Hall – may have prompted the statement that although it was more widely used on the East Coast, “Sgraffito may yet be reclaimed from its almost unknown status by the progress of the color development which has just been started at San Francisco.”54

The sgraffito panels at Hilgard Hall have a markedly white surface coat, and a muted red color coat. They employ extensive use of relief, both in the color coat and the surface coat.

Cast Concrete Hilgard Hall also has extensive exterior ornament in cast concrete. The monochromatic, gray material appears to be composed of gray cement without pigmentation. It has a uniform, smooth surface texture. Numerous spalls have exposed corroded steel reinforcement, indicating there is extensive rebar in the cast concrete.

Clay Tile Roofing

Hilgard Hall has barrel-shaped red clay tile roofing, typical of most of the buildings in the Classical core of the campus designed by John Galen Howard. The tiles are laid in a simple, traditional pattern of convex, trough-position tiles overlaid by convex, cover-position tiles. A raised row of cover tiles accentuates each of the hips. There are no decorative acroterion or antefix tiles. The roof does not have decorative copper flashing or gutters. The top termination of the tile roof appears

Center bay, west elevation, to have been altered, possibly when the adjacent flat roof was replaced. showing cast stone hood over entry door, sculpture on top Flat Roofing of hood, and cows’ heads at frieze; and sgraffito at soffit of Not visible from grade, and probably not an intentional element of the design and colonnade and frieze above. Louvers replaced an original massing of Hilgard Hall, is the flat roof area at the top of the hip roof planes. This area window in the 1960s when a new affords access to the ventilation chimneys. Howard may have incorporated it because mechanical system was installed. Knapp 2012. full-height sloped roofs would have cost more but would not have offered additional interior space. The flat roofs are covered with single-ply roofing; the original roofing

52 Bartholomew. P 56. 53 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/438588/painting/9415/Sgraffito. Accessed 18 March 2012. 54 Bartholomew. P 56.

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was not visible from grade and played no role in the design or character of the building.

Doors Hilgard Hall has a variety of exterior doors. Most prominent are the twin doors at the main building entry at the center of the colonnade on the west elevation. These units have a small-scale iron screen similar to a classical clathri pattern, with glass behind it in panels which are hinged at the stiles of the door leaf. There is a diagonal brace on the glass panel of the inactive door leaf. The iron is painted a whitish color. There is a single-panel transom similar to the doors, with a center panel reading “HILGARD HALL.” The transom is not glazed. The doors have narrow stiles at the side and top rails, with a tall, solid bottom rail. The hardware is massive iron levers. The active leaf has a modern, brass crash bar on the interior.

The other public entries have twin glazed, wood doors, typically with eight lights per leaf and five lights in the horizontally-oriented transom. The doors and transoms have a stained finish. The center door on the first floor of the east elevation has two rows of lights in the transom, while the basement door below it has no transom. There are also smaller wood doors at the basement on the east elevation. These single-leaf wood units are similar to the public entry doors. The wood doors at the third-floor inset dormers and exterior terraces are similar.

Monumental iron doors at main entry on west side of building. Doors at north entry, east side of building. Jill Johnson 2011. Massive iron handles are fixed, and left door leaf appears to be the only one that is active. Knapp 2011.

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Windows

The wood windows at Hilgard Hall look very similar, but vary in operational configuration as well as in their design based on the exterior elevations. The typical first- and second-floor windows are double-hung units with eight-over-eight lights on the south, west, north elevations and wing-end east elevations and six-over-six lights at the narrower, paired windows on the elevations facing the courtyard of Agriculture Complex. The basement windows look similar, although these eight-over-eight-light sash pivot on their center horizontal axis. The third floor windows are a mix of multi- light casement and double-hung units, as well as some fixed windows. Almost all the windows appear to be original. The windows at the balconies on the two chamfered wings on the west elevation have the same top sash configuration as the other windows, but the bottom sash extends to the floor. This distinction is not visible from grade and is apparently intended to offer access to the balconies.

Metals

The stairs at all the first floor entrances have iron handrails, except the west stair, where the handrail is bronze. All the handrails have the same square, cast iron posts. Unlike many of John Galen Howard’s other buildings, including Wellman Hall, Hilgard Hall is devoid of ornamental – or even visible – copper features at the roof. The flashing between the flat roof and the tiled hip roofs below appears to be relatively recent. The concealed gutters are not visible from the ground. Interior

Walls and Ceilings

The walls are typically plaster or gypsum wall board. In some cases, recently added partitions are visually obvious, but in other cases it is difficult to identify the material. The corridor ceilings are plaster on framing, while the ceilings in typical offices and laboratories are plaster applied directly to the concrete slab of the story above. A very limited amount of wood paneling exists at walls; it does not appear to be original. Some ceilings have 12-inch square acoustic tiles glued to the plaster. A good number of rooms, primarily but not exclusively laboratories, have suspended T-bar ceilings which offer easy access to concealed building systems. In many cases, these ceilings are below the top of the window and transom.

Floors

By far the most prevalent flooring material is monolithically brown linoleum, commonly referred to as “battleship” linoleum. This material was used on many buildings on the campus before the 1960s, as it was nationally on institutional buildings. A number of spaces have composition tile flooring, the 9 inch square

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Wood panel door, without glazing, Room 125A. This door type often Corridor door at room 215. Note Lexan installed over original glass occurs between rooms. Knob and lock shown here may predate 1960s because of break-ins. building renovation. Knapp 2011.

material likely being older than the 12 inch square material. It is unlikely either is original. The stairs and landings have smooth-troweled concrete flooring, apparently the original material. The toilet rooms have terrazzo flooring which appears to be original. A number of rooms, many of them offices, have carpet; it is not original.

Doors The typical corridor door is a glazed, wood panel leaf set in a wood frame, all with a clear finish. The doors have a single upper panel glazed with obscure glass and two solid lower panels. On the first floor, most corridor doors have a six-light transom, while most on the second floor have a higher, nine-light transom. Some corridor doors have four solid panels and some doors at the first and second floors have no Original wood cold room door, transom, especially those at service and storage spaces. Some doors have wood or Room 216. The building also has much newer cold room doors, metal louvers instead of two solid panels below the glass. Communicating doors apparently installed in 1960s between rooms are similar to corridor doors, except that few have transoms and solid renovation or afterwards. doors are more common than glazed. There are single panel solid doors at the closets in many third floor offices; inside these closets are plank doors of tongue-and-groove wood paneling which lead to attic spaces under the roof.

The most notable special doors are the insulated doors found in the basement and second floor corridors. The second floor door still has a manufacturer’s equipment plate marked “Jamison Cold Storage Door Co. Hagerstown, MD, USA.” It notes patents as recent as 1941, although the door itself bears similarities to the units the company made when it started operations in 1906.”55 In Room 342B there is a vault

originally used to store alcohol during Prohibition but now used for storage56 which Safe door at Room 342. has a thick steel safe door labeled “Hermann Safe Co. San Francisco.” The combination Laboratory staff member said this door was installed during lock on the door has been disabled. Prohibition in order to allow – and safeguard – legal storage alcohol.

55 www.jamisondoor.com/100/history.html Combination lock has been disabled. Knapp 2012. 56 Conversation with laboratory researcher by Frederic Knapp, 17 February 2012.

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Hardware Door latches and locks vary widely in the building, but the only ones which appear original are the glass knobs and brass thumb turns on the closet doors in the third floor offices. Some other doors appear to have original, or many decades old, latches or lock sets, but the knobs do not appear original. The predominant corridor door hardware is a recent combination lock set with a lever handle. The brass hinges generally appear to be original. Some closers appear to be original, but many are recent. The distinctive hardware on the insulated doors appears to be original; it includes a large lever on the corridor side capable of sealing the door tightly to avoid air leakage, with an emergency release mechanism to prevent people from being locked in.

Cabinets, Casework, and Trim Hilgard Hall contains a variety of wood trim, wood lab benches, built-in cabinets, and other casework. Almost all these elements are clear-finished; the few painted items observed appear to be relatively recent. Wood trim includes door and window casing and picture rails. These items are seen in historic photographs and appear to be little- changed today. The wood appears to be oak or a similar species.

Most lab benches are wood with a synthetic-surface countertop. A few lab benches have stainless steel, stone, or other materials on their countertops. Most of the wood frames, doors, and drawers appear to be from the same date and resemble the new

Cabinetry

Hilgard Hall has a panoply of different types of cabinetry, almost cases relate closely to the cases themselves. These display cases all of it in clear-finished wood. A great deal of this casework is are Very Significant because they tell an important chapter in very close in appearance to the door and window trim and the history of the building and the research associated with it. appears to predate the 1960s renovation; most of the lab These display cases are in fair to good condition. benches and built-in desks and countertops at the perimeter of A limited number of other cabinets appear identical to laboratories and similar spaces are from the 1960s renovation; ones seen in historic photographs or shown on the original and there are numerous types of cabinets that appear more construction drawings in the plan room at Capital Projects. recent. These include a variety of display cases and storage units, The most prominent cabinets in the building are the display found in corridors, labs, and offices in the basement and on cases in the corridor on the second floor. They hold soil samples the first and third floors. Because they are original, they are and other displays closely associated with the history of the Significant. The condition of these cabinets ranges from Good College of Agriculture and the College of Natural Resources. to Poor. A table in the Appendices lists the existing cabinets While the display cases are not documented in the historic shown in historic photographs or original drawings. There are photographs or shown on those original drawings still in the many other cabinets which appear to be from the same era, plan room at Capital Projects, they clearly predate the 1960s but they cannot be documented as dating from the Period of renovation and are probably original. The contents of the display Significance. Many cabinets, bookshelves, and display cases

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casework shown in drawings for the 1960s renovation, but there are numerous similar, but distinct benches – and additions to benches. The predominant countertop surface appears to be welded fiberboard with epoxy coating, a common surface material for lab benches in the early1960s.57 This material was relatively inexpensive and offered resistance to some chemicals commonly used in labs. Plastic laminate exists at other lab benches, which generally appear to be more recent than those with welded fiberboard with epoxy coating.

Hilgard Hall also contains a wide variety of cabinets, ranging from unusual display cases in the corridors to miscellaneous storage units in offices. Some cabinets closely resemble ones shown in historic photographs. The oldest cabinets appear to be oak, while the newer ones have a range of species.

Elevator The elevator is a hydraulic, telescoping-door unit. It was installed in the renovation project in the early 1960s. (The elevator replaced the central stair which originally connected all levels of the building; only the run from the west entry landing to the first floor survives today.) The elevator has a simple cab with metal surfaces which are covered in rubber flooring and carpet-like fabric at the walls and ceiling. Two walls of the cab curve at the ceiling to create coves for indirect fluorescent lighting. The flat, steel, two-panel doors are painted to match the steel trim at the opening. The call buttons and hall lanterns are simple units with a brushed metal finish, and we

57 Jim Frederick, Kewaunee Scientific Corporation. Telephone call, 16 March 2012.

in the building are not permanently installed, but are simply the units which have not been altered are Contributing. These placed against walls as furniture. This old casework adds to the lab benches and cabinets generally range from Good to Fair in sense of history of Hilgard Hall in a general way, but it is not condition. considered a historically significant feature under the National Hilgard Hall also has many cabinets, bookshelves, built-in desks, Register Criteria. counters and other casework that is clearly more recent than the The 1960s renovation replaced the original lab benches and 1960s renovation. While most of it is clear-finished wood (much fume hoods. The great majority of the lab benches and built-in of it noticeably lighter in color than the historic casework) and base cabinet at the perimeter of labs, and many base cabinets is generally compatible with the character of the building, it is in offices, date from this period. (It is not possible to confirm not associated with the significance of Hilgard Hall and was not definitively that the existing fume hoods are the same ones present during the Period of Significance.F or these reasons, it installed in the 1960s, and many have been modified.S cientific is Non-Contributing. Furniture that is not permanently installed equipment was not studied in detail for this report, and most of is not considered part of a building under the National Register it is clearly recent.) Many of the lab benches and cabinets from Criteria and is not within the scope of this report. the 1960s have been modified, but a number of them appear to be in original condition. Because they were installed during the Period of Significance and used by the College of Agriculture,

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apparently installed much more recently than the elevator. The control button panel in the car appears to be original. There is a small override shaft at the roof.

Toilet Partitions Most partitions in toilet rooms are made of slabs of lightly veined white marble, with nickel-plated hinges and connecting hardware. Doors are clear-finished four-panel wood at the third floor and painted wood at the basement.

Plumbing Fixtures and Toilet Accessories As noted in the toilet room descriptions, the floor-mounted urinals, lavatories, and water closets in the third floor men’s room appear original. Although they are different, the lavatories in the women’s room may also be original and are certainly decades old. The laboratories have stainless steel and resin sinks. These are generally mounted under-counter.

Toilet accessories include toilet paper dispensers, coat hooks, fixed and folding parcel shelves, sanitary product disposal boxes, soap dishes, mirrors, and paper towel dispenser. These items occur in a variety of designs, materials, and finishes. None of them appears to date from the period of significance.

Laboratory Piping and Other Building Systems The building has a distribution system for compressed air, gas, vacuum, and hot and cold industrial water for laboratories. The main piping is concealed, but the branch piping is largely exposed in the lavatories. It also has exhaust fans and ducts for fume hoods. These systems are not original. There appears to be very little original specialized equipment or building systems for laboratory use. A large duct which may be asbestos cement is exposed in the anteroom of the women’s toilet room on the third floor. The chimneys on the roof were apparently installed to serve laboratories.

Heating & Ventilating Hilgard Hall is heated by steam supplied by the campus steam network, fed by the Cogeneration Plant east of Edwards Stadium. Many spaces retain cast iron radiators which appear original. In addition, the building has a forced-air ventilation and heating system, which has supply grilles in virtually all the rooms. This system appears to be the only heat source for many rooms, and is the only ventilation source for rooms without windows. The double-hung windows originally provided ventilation and still do in some spaces, such as Room 243. The ventilation system includes large and prominent ductwork in the corridors, ducts in many offices, and additional gear such as steam coils in a number of spaces. A few rooms have much newer, self- contained heating and cooling systems or window air-conditioners.

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Condition Hilgard Hall is generally in good condition. The exterior exhibits far more deterioration than the interior, with the west elevation in worse condition than the east side of the building. The primary mode of deterioration appears to be deterioration of cementitious ornament and stucco. The building has generally been maintained well, though many materials are aging or soiled.

Exterior The exterior is generally in fair condition. While the clay tile roofing and the stucco, which comprise the greatest part of the exterior, are in fair-to-good condition, there are several exterior features which are in poor condition. The west elevation (which is more complex than the others) has more damage and deterioration than the other elevations.

TOP LEFT: Cast stone base at pilaster, west elevation. There is extensive cracking in this location on pilasters on the west elevation. Knapp 2012.

BOTTOM LEFT: Cast stone base at column, west elevation. Cast stone columns also exhibit minor cracking in the shaft, possibly at a construction joint. Knapp 2012.

ABOVE: Cast stone railing, balcony on east elevation. Note previously-repaired vertical crack in left-hand panel. Knapp 2012.

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Site The accessible ramp recently constructed which leads from the Agriculture Complex courtyard to the basement entrance on the east elevation conducts storm runoff to the area way on the east side of the basement. When rains are heavy enough, the water enters the buildings through the three basement doors on the east elevation.

Stucco

Sand bags at basement entry The stucco is in fair to good condition, with a few problem areas, mostly on the west door, observed after a rainy elevation. Especially at the base of the building, there are areas where it is cracked and weekend. The new accessible ramp does not appear to have spalled. Despite these somewhat isolated locations of damage or deterioration, most a grade condition to prevent of it is intact and shows no signs of undue aging. adjacent site runoff from flowing down it, and the ramp itself is hundreds of square feet in area. Sgraffito There is only one area drain at the bottom of the ramp. Knapp 2012. The sgraffito is in fair condition. While much of it is completely intact, there are isolated areas of spalling, cracking, and other deterioration. Because of the unusual nature of this material, its importance to the character of the building, and the likelihood it will be difficult to repair, even a very small amount of deterioration merits a designation of “fair” instead of good.

Cast Concrete This material is in fair-to-poor condition. There are a number of areas where the cast concrete is spalled, and exposed rebar is rusting. In these areas, rebar is visible very close to the surface of the concrete, suggesting that inadequate coverage may have allowed corrosion of the rebar. When this happens, the rebar can expand as the iron in it oxidizes, resulting in expansion which causes concrete spalls. The columns on the west elevation have horizontal cracks at consistent locations; possible causes include cold joints and corroding reinforcing steel.

Clay Tile Roofing The roofing appears to be in good condition. Clay tile roofing on the UC Berkeley campus was typically installed over a waterproof membrane. The building survey conducted for this report did not locate areas where the clay tile roofing appears to have been leaking.

Flat Roofing From cursory observations, the flat tile roofing appears to be in good condition. The building survey conducted for this report did not locate areas where the flat roofing appears to have been leaking.

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Doors The monumental iron doors at the colonnade on the west elevation are in fair condition. The paint is failing. There is evidence of water intrusion. The inactive leaf appears to have an unusual repair in its glazing, though this may be original. There is a short diagonal brass strip dividing the glass into two panes; this strip appears to be loose. There is missing hardware at the bottom of the inactive leaf.

The wood doors at the other public entries are in fair condition. The smaller, non- public doors at the basement and the third floor are in fair-to-poor condition. The paint has failed on many doors, and wood decay and separation of joints between Monumental entry door, west elevation. Water was observed the stiles, rails, and muntins is common. Some doors have been modified crudely to morning after rainfall. Knapp 2012. accommodate hardware changes or in an apparent effort to remedy leaking, warping, and other conditions.

Windows The wood windows are in fair-to-poor condition. The paint is failing on many units, both on the exterior and the interior. Some units exhibit wood decay and separation of stiles, rails, and muntins. Window air-conditioners have been installed in a number of windows, mostly in the basement. Other windows have been converted to ventilation louvers, in whole or at selected panes.

Double-hung wood windows, east elevation. Condition is representative of windows overall. Knapp 2012.

Basement window, west façade. These units pivot on a horizontal axis, with the top of the sash rotating toward the interior and the bottom toward the exterior. All panes are clear on most units. Knapp 2012.

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Interior

Walls and Ceilings The plaster and gypsum wallboard walls and ceilings are typically in good condition. In some locations, there is damage from impacts or water. The T-bar ceilings generally appear to be in fair to good condition, with few lay-in panels missing or damaged. The adequacy of their framing, including seismic restraints, was not considered for this report. The acoustic ceiling tile is generally in good condition, with only limited instances of missing or damaged tile. The limited amount of wood wall paneling is in fair to good condition.

Floors The condition of flooring varies quite widely. The “battleship” linoleum in many rooms and corridors is in poor condition, with water damage, scratches, and separation from the substrate, while it is in fair or good condition in a number of rooms. In some areas, such as the second floor corridor, there are extensive patches. The 9- and 12-inch-square composition floor tile is generally in fair-to- good condition. Some tiles are cracked, dented, worn or uneven. This report does not include any testing or assessment of hazardous materials. It should be noted that 9-inch tile is generally decades old and has proven to contain asbestos in many buildings. Only a testing program can identify materials at Hilgard Hall that contain asbestos or lead. The concrete flooring at the stairs is in good condition. The terrazzo Second floor corridor, with in the toilet rooms is in fair condition, with cracks, water damage, abrasion, and replacement patches of battleship discoloration. Carpet is generally in fair to poor condition, with wear and soiling the linoleum in varying colors. Numerous rooms, mostly labs, primary issues, though the carpet is torn or loose in a few locations. have patched or damaged flooring. Knapp 2011. Doors Doors are generally in fair to good condition. While the finish or wood itself are scratched in various locations, this is generally similar to soiled or chipped paint on plaster and represents need for long-term capital maintenance rather than deterioration of the feature itself. Many doors have a sheet of Plexiglas attached to the room side of the original glazing. While the ducts through the transoms are not in bad condition, by their presence they strongly diminish the historical integrity of the transoms; where muntin has been removed to allow a duct through the transom, the transom is in poor condition. The insulated doors, third-floor closet and attic doors, and other miscellaneous doors are generally in good condition.

Hardware Door hardware appears generally to be in good condition. Replacement knobs generally do not match the finish of the face plates of the latch sets where they have

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been installed. The recent hardware generally functions well. While the door hardware has a haphazard mixture of finishes, this is not a case of poor condition so much as the outcome of many ad-hoc replacement projects. The distinctive hardware on the insulated doors is in good condition. Closers, both original and recent, generally appear to be in good condition, as do most hinges.

Cabinets, Casework, and Trim Most of the trim is in Good condition. The lab benches vary from Good to Poor in condition; some are difficult to observe because of lab equipment and temporary coverings on the surfaces. Display cases and storage cabinets are mostly in Fair or Good condition. Relatively few are in Poor condition because of damaged or soiled wood finishes or missing components.

Typical lab benches, Room 225. Elevator Many lab benches have non- original countertops; sinks like Building users stated that the elevator doors jam partly open from time to time, the one at the left have been preventing the elevator from leaving the floor where it has stopped. The elevator added to some benches. Knapp 2012. appears to be in good condition. This report does not include an assessment of the elevator equipment.

Toilet Partitions The toilet partitions are in fair to good condition.

Plumbing Fixtures and Toilet Accessories The plumbing fixtures are in fair to poor condition as a group. Some fixtures are chipped or discolored, and faucets, valves, and piping vary in condition, configuration, and finish. Many of the resin sinks in the laboratories are severely deteriorated. Although they are different, the lavatories in the women’s room may also be original and are certainly decades old. The toilet accessories are in fair condition; most appear to be at least 10 to 20 years old, and exhibit typical wear and damage from sustained use.

Laboratory Piping and Other Building Systems These systems were not evaluated for this report. See “Sustainable Design Approach” in the “Key Factors” section of the 2010 College of Natural Resources Master Plan by Noll & Tam.

Heating & Ventilating These systems were not evaluated for this report. See “Sustainable Design Approach” in the “Key Factors” section of the 2010 College of Natural Resources Master Plan by Noll & Tam.

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Analysis of Historic Significance Existing Historic Status

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s foremost official compendium of sites, landscapes, buildings and structures important to our history. Hilgard Hall was entered in the National Register in 1983 as part of the Multiple Resource Area for the UC Berkeley campus.

State Listings The State of California has three primary listings for historical resources: State Historic Landmarks, Points of Interest, and the California Register of Historic Resources. Hilgard Hall is not listed in the first two of these categories. All properties listed in the National Register are automatically included in the California Register, John Galen Howard. Main entry, so that Hilgard Hall is included on that listing although it has not been specifically west elevation. 1916. Images courtesy of Capital Projects. nominated.

Berkeley City Landmarks The Berkeley Landmarks Commission “Designates structures and sites having special historical and architectural interest and value. (and) Encourages preservation, maintains list of landmarks or historic sites, and reviews construction, alteration and demolition permit applications.”58 The City of Berkeley designated Hilgard Hall a city landmark in 1991.

Evaluation of Significance

Significance Hilgard Hall is significant under National Register Criteria A and C. It is significant at the state level under Criterion A (event) for its association with the development of the University of California (planning and construction of the campus). It is significant at the state level under Criterion A for its association with the College of Agriculture. It is significant at the state level under Criterion C (design/construction) because it is the work of a master and possesses high artistic value. The building exhibits a high degree of control and discipline in the design of its exterior facades, and is one of a handful of Howard’s buildings designed and still experienced entirely in the round, with no façade that is in any way secondary to the others. Its architectural language is especially strongly connected with the department for which it was designed: Howard carefully articulated agricultural themes on the exterior.

58 http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=13016. Accessed 18 March 2012.

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Historic Context Hilgard Hall is significant in the historic context of classical revival campus architecture of the early 20th Century and the City Beautiful Movement of urban design, an outgrowth of Beaux-Arts design and planning. It is also significant in the historic context of the development of the University of California.

As the United States industrialized and urbanized in the late 19th-Century and post- Civil War stylistic trends in architecture matured, a powerful movement emerged to find an architectural style and planning framework fitting the country’s growing economic and political status and address social and functional shortcomings of cities which had been growing almost overnight. Architects turned to classical influences, heavily influenced by the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris where design harkened back to the Renaissance and Greek and Roman classical period. In 1893, the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago sparked a generation of national influence in city planning with the “White City” which embodied both Beaux-Arts architecture and formal, grand urban design ideals. The selection of Emile Benard’s entry in the Hearst Competition, and Howard’s execution of the campus design and its buildings are tied directly to this trend and remain important illustrations of it. The siting of Hilgard Hall and the relation between its facades and architectural context are Emile Benard, General Plan.1899. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. significant in this historic context. University of California, Berkeley. A closely related context is the development of the design of university and college campuses and academic buildings in the United States. Like cities, American universities were growing at the beginning of the 20 Century, and campus design and architectural styles also embraced the formal planning of the City Beautiful movement, increasing emphasis on landscape design and use of classical architectural language. As part of Howard’s campus plan, Hilgard Hall is significant for its meticulous execution of classical building form, symmetry, and proportion.

The University of California is one of the most prominent institutions of higher education in the United States, and has played a significant role in the development of the state. The University began on the Berkeley campus, and Hilgard Hall was part of the execution of the Hearst Plan. The building is also significant because it housed the College of Agriculture. Agriculture was already one of the most important economic and cultural activities in California by the time the building was constructed, and research and education to advance it were arguably the highest-ranked priority for state universities from the founding of the University of California through the construction of the building and beyond.

Period of Significance The period of significance of the building under Criterion A for development of the campus and under Criterion C for design is 1916-1917, when it was designed and

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constructed. The period of significance for association with the College of Agriculture is 1917-1962, the years the college occupied the building up to 50 years ago. (The 1962 figure is as of this report’s preparation in 2012, based on a National Register Criterion Consideration which limits the period of significance to dates more than 50 years ago, except in extraordinary cases. The College of Agriculture merged with the School of Forestry in 1974, ending significance for Hilgard Hall’s association with agriculture. In 2024, when the 1974 date is 50 years old, the period of significance for association with the College of Agriculture will be definitive as 1917-1974.)

Integrity National Register Bulletin No. 15 defines integrity as “the ability of a property to convey its significance. To be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, a property must not only be shown to be significant under the National Register criteria, but it must have integrity.”59 The National Register criteria has codified seven qualities a property must retain, in various combinations, to possess integrity. These qualities or aspects of integrity are:

Location: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred. Location is important to an understanding of why the property was created or why a historic event occurred, critical to imparting a sense of a historic property’s time and place.

Design: Design is the combination of elements that create a property’s form, plan, space, structure, and style.

Setting: Setting refers to the physical environment of a historic property, in contrast to location which refers to the specific place a property was built or an event occurred. Setting refers to the character of the place during the property’s period(s) of significance. Setting often takes into account the physical conditions under which a property was built and the functions it was intended to serve. The relationship of the historic resource to its surroundings, whether natural or manmade, constitute its setting and include such elements as topographic features, vegetation, manmade site features and relationships between buildings, site features and open space.

Materials: Materials are the physical elements used to create a historic resource and reveal the information about design intent and period materials and technologies.

Workmanship: Workmanship refers to evidence of craftsmanship indicative of period technological practices and aesthetic principles.

Feeling: Feeling is a property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period in time. Feeling is a critical concentration of physical features that collectively convey the property’s historic character.

59 National Register of Historic Places Bulletin No. 15, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, p. 44.

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Association: Association is the intellectual link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. A property retains integrity of association if it is the place where a historically significant event or activity occurred and it remains sufficiently intact to convey that relationship.

Integrity Assessment A property’s integrity must be evaluated within the context of the criteria under which a resource is considered eligible for listing in the National Register. While each aspect of integrity is assessed individually in a nuanced approach, the overall integrity of a property which is determined holistically from the synthesis of the seven aspects is ultimately a binary determination: either the property retains integrity or it does not.

Location: The building retains integrity of location with respect to Main entry, detail. (Retouched for clarity.) each mode of significance. Knapp 2012. Design: On the exterior, the building retains full integrity of design with respect to each mode of significance. While the interior has been altered, it continues to convey almost undiminished its significance under Criterion A for its association with campus planning and construction (which is more closely tied to the exterior in any case). Despite the extensive changes to the interior and loss of classrooms, Hilgard Hall retains some degree of integrity under Criterion A for its association with the College of Agriculture and under Criterion C.

Setting: The setting of Hilgard Hall has been altered since the period of significance chiefly by the construction of Mulford, Morgan and Tolman Halls, as well as by construction further west towards Oxford Street. Although this has diminished somewhat the integrity of setting under Criterion A for association with the design and construction of the campus, the changes have not been of sufficient magnitude to impair it. Integrity of setting has been affected less for significance under Criterion C, and almost not at all under Criterion A for association with the College of Agriculture.

Materials: The building retains a moderate degree integrity of materials with respect to each mode of significance. While certain original interior materials, such as partitions and specialized systems have been lost, the great majority of the original

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building’s materials are still intact. The integrity of materials on the exterior is very high for all modes of significance.

Workmanship: The building retains integrity of craftsmanship with respect to each mode of significance. Despite changes in partitions and systems, the building retains its character-defining examples of workmanship, including sgraffito, cast cement sculpture, plaster, and wood.

Feeling: The building retains integrity of feeling with respect to each mode of significance.

Association: Hilgard Hall strongly retains its integrity of association with respect to its significance under Criterion A for its association with design and construction of the campus and under Criterion C, especially because of the high degree of integrity of the exterior. Although it no longer has classrooms, both the exterior imagery and interior laboratories – and extant exhibits of soil collections – convey enough of their original character to retain integrity of association for significance under Criterion A for development of the College of Agriculture.

Overall, the building retains a high degree of integrity with respect to all three areas of significance.

West elevation and landscape. Knapp 2012.

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Areas of Significance

Landscape On the west side of the building, including the north and south ends, the decorative paved plaza and the stair leading up to the building’s main entrance at the center of the monumental colonnade are Very Significant. The two olives trees on the north and south ends of the landscape on this side of the building are also Very Significant. The sloping lawn on the west side of the building is Significant. The other landscape features which have been in place since 1960 or earlier, are Contributing.

On the east side of the building, the two Lombardy poplars are Very Significant. The entrance drive and pedestrian path that extends along the east side of the building is Significant, as is the lawn to the west of this path which provides the landscape setting in front of Hilgard Hall.

At the secondary entrance located at the south end of the east side of Hilgard, the low hedges planted against the building’s foundation and along the sides of the stair leading up to the entrance appear to have been added since 1960 but are compatible with the landscape setting of Hilgard Hall and so are Contributing.

The small trees (which may have been planted as shrubs) that line the back of the lawn area on either side of the center entrance on the east side of the building may have been added since 1960 but are compatible with the landscape setting of Hilgard Hall and so are Contributing; similarly the narrow band of ivy that runs under the trees on the north side is Contributing; this feature is missing under the trees on the south side.

The two shrubs, one on either side, that frame the secondary entrance at the north end of the east elevation appear to have been added since 1960 but are compatible with the landscape setting of Hilgard Hall and so are Contributing; the asphalt paving creates a small plaza at this entrance is Non-Contributing; the hedge aligned perpendicular to Hilgard Hall which creates a low wall or barrier at the north end of this paved area is Non-Contributing. The two pollarded London plane trees which frame this entrance, along with one located north of the hedge, form a short row along the west side of the pedestrian path and the similar row that stretches along the east side of this path appear to have been added since 1960 but are compatible with the landscape setting of Hilgard Hall and so are Contributing.

The accessible ramp which leads from the access drive on the east side of the building to the basement entrance at the center of the east elevation is Non-Contributing.

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Building and setting from southwest. Knapp 2012.

Exterior All four elevations are Very Significant, but within the structure of the classifications used for HSRs, it should be noted that the colonnade on the west elevation is more significant than the rest of the exterior. The hip roof form and barrel tile are Very Significant, while the roof terraces (all three sizes) are Significant. The main stair at the west elevation is Very Significant, while the other three exterior stairs are Significant.

Interior Hilgard Hall is notable for having a relatively high degree of detail and fine materials on the exterior, while having a simpler interior that is geared to scientific use more than to maintaining the architectural standards of Hearst Plan buildings such as Hearst Mining and Doe Library. The interior is less differentiated than the exterior, with all four floors sharing the same general layout and most interior spaces quite similar to each other in terms of features, articulation, and materials.

The most significant spaces in Hilgard Hall are the two stairs and the corridors on the first and second floors. These generous spaces are the first ones most building visitors enter. While they are simple, the stairs have distinctive solid railings and the windows at the landing are more prominent and visible from inside the stairs than from the exterior. The first and second floor corridors have built-in display cases, some of them recessed into the walls, and transom windows over the doors, providing natural light and air to the corridors and giving them a physical indication of being important spaces. For this reason, these spaces are rated Very Significant.

The basement and third floor corridors are not as tall or wide as the first and second floor corridors, but they are the public spaces on their respective floors. While the

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doors do not have transoms, they are distinctive, wood-panel units. The basement and third floor corridors have some display cases, though they are not recessed into the walls. These similarities to the first and second floor corridors make the basement and third floor corridors Significant.

While most of the interior rooms are very similar, a number of rooms on the third floor are distinguished by their arched windows, each of which includes a door to one of the two concealed roof terraces behind the attic story of the west colonnade. These are among the most significant windows in the building, and they impart a special architectural tenor to the rooms. The view of the recessed arches on the opposite side of the terrace and the doors to the terraces differentiate these spaces from the others in the building. These qualities make Rooms 319, 321, 323, 333, 335, and 337 Significant.

While they are certainly for a decidedly utilitarian purpose, the third floor men’s and women’s rooms are unique in retaining most or all of their original distinctive materials and features. These include terrazzo floors, marble toilet partitions, and the lavatories, water closets and urinals themselves. Only the lighting and toilet accessories stand out as non-original, but they do not seriously detract from the unusually high level of integrity, and the toilet rooms are Significant.

The vast majority of the offices, laboratories, and conference rooms share a similar palette of materials and vary little from one another in design. The typical combination of plaster walls and ceilings; “battleship” linoleum flooring; plaster, wood or recessed-metal-groove base; and wood or recessed-metal-groove picture rail is present in these spaces; where one or two of these elements has been replaced with an incompatible item such as a suspended T-bar ceiling, the space itself usually maintains enough of its original character to make it Contributing like those which have not been altered.

The toilet rooms in the basement, along with service and storage spaces, generally have a number of the character-defining features of the building, but they are all utilitarian in function. Many of these spaces have no windows. The mechanical spaces are out of sight for most building users. These factors make these spaces Non Contributing, even though some are in their original configuration.

The elevator was added after the building was complete, and is obviously an afterthought when viewed on the first floor, where it interrupts the connection between the vestibule at the main (west) entry and the main corridor. It does not share design motifs with the rest of the building. It is Non Contributing.

Significance Diagrams Please see appendices.

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Significance of Elements and Materials

The following materials and elements are Very Significant:

Site and Landscape:

• Decorative paved plaza and stair leading up to building’s main entrance • Two olives trees on north and south ends of landscape on west side of building • Two Lombardy poplars on east side of building

Exterior:

• Sgraffito ornament • Cast concrete sculpture and relief ornament • Stucco moldings and details • Barrel-tile roofing • Iron doors • Chimneys for original laboratory ventilation

Main entry and brick plaza on west side of building. Knapp 2011.

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Interior:

• Wood panel doors with transoms • Insulated wood doors • Built-in display cases in corridors • Niche and bronze bust of Eugene Hilgard Manufacturer’s label for insulated door, Room 216. Knapp 2012.

The following materials and elements are Significant:

Site and Landscape:

• Sloping lawn on west side of building • Entrance drive and pedestrian path along the east side of building • Lawn between drive/path and east elevation of building

Exterior:

• Stucco wall surfaces (flat) • Windows • Wood doors • Brick and exposed-aggregate concrete stairs • Stair railings

Interior:

• Wood panel doors (solid) • Plaster ceilings, wall, and base • “Battleship” linoleum flooring • Display cases and cabinets which pre-date the 1960s renovation • Terrazzo flooring • Wood trim • Recessed-metal-channel base and picture rails • Original hardware (third floor closet doors) • Stair guard rails and concrete surfaces • Marble toilet partitions • Original plumbing fixtures

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The following materials and elements are Contributing:

Site and Landscape:

• Low hedge and small trees in landscape area east of building • Small band of ivy under trees on north side of building • Two shrubs framing secondary entrance at north end of east elevation • Three pollarded London plane trees, which form a short row along the west side of the pedestrian path to secondary entrance at the north end of east elevation and similar row along the east side of this path

Exterior:

• Flat roofing surfaces

Interior:

• Laboratory benches from the 1960s renovation, if unaltered • Radiators • Old fluorescent pendent light fixtures

“Old” fluorescent light fixture, Room 146. Knapp 2011. This fixture is probably from the 1940s. See http://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=794&pos=44&pid=29343. Accessed 9 May 2012.

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The following materials and elements are Non-Contributing:

Site and Landscape:

• Asphalt paving at secondary entrance at north end of east elevation • Hedge perpendicular to building at secondary entrance at north end of east elevation • Accessible ramp to basement entry on east elevation

Exterior:

• Ramp to basement entry on east side of building • Window air-conditioners and other visible, non-original building systems and equipment

Interior:

• Casework which post-dates 1960 interior remodel • Flush doors • T-bar suspended ceilings • Fluorescent lighting fixtures (except “old” fluorescents) • Elevator

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Recommendations College of Natural Resources Master Plan The College of Natural Resources Master Plan by Noll & Tam considers all the facilities of the college and presents a holistic plan which takes historical resources into account. The plan proposes major changes to Hilgard Hall, which are promulgated in light of the treatment of all the buildings in the college. This plan is similar to the overall approach the UC Berkeley campus has taken, attempting to preserve and enhance the integrity of historical resources where they are the most significant and visible, while also allowing for changes which cause impacts on historical resources in order to facilitate projects crucial to the University’s mission in a feasible manner.

As the Master Plan is executed, it is worth remembering that the longer the timeline extends, the more some properties may acquire significance. Eventually, this will likely include Morgan Hall and one day could also include Koshland Hall. The sequence and phasing of the work will also be an important consideration. If for some reason Wellman Hall is renovated first and must be altered in order to meet program and budget constraints, it may be necessary to reconsider the premise in the Master Plan that envisions changes for Hilgard Hall.

Landscape The remaining landscape features associated with the 1914 Hearst campus plan and with the initial landscape development of Hilgard Hall in 1917 should be protected. On the west side and its associated north and south ends, these features include (1) the decorative paved plaza located at the base of the stair leading up to the building’s main entrance, (2) the lawn on the slopes around the building, and (3) the two olive trees located at the outer corners of the central bay, which appear to be the remnants of what were once larger plantings to the northwest and southwest of the building that framed the views of Hilgard Hall from the west prior to 1948. On the east side, these features include (1) the entrance drive and pedestrian path that extends along the east side of Hilgard Hall, (2) the lawn to the west of this path which provides the landscape setting in front of Hilgard, and (3) two Lombardy poplars, one each growing near the north and south corners of the central bay.

Architectural: Exterior Avoid any changes on west colonnade if possible. Minimize removal of existing features or addition of conspicuous features on other elevations. Restore Very Significant features and materials. Rehabilitate Significant features and materials. Wherever feasible, rehabilitate contributing features and materials. Retain chimneys on roof; if possible, reuse them for fume hood exhaust. Provide fume hood exhaust system that does not compete with original profile, form, and image of roof design.

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John Galen Howard. West elevation. 1916. Image courtesy of Capital Projects.

Provide accessible exterior doors in a manner that does not alter the appearance of features of primary significance.

Remove air-conditioners and other building systems from the exterior walls. A coordinated approach to providing general building systems and devices required for programmatic scientific needs will be very important so that optimal building operation does not result in ad-hoc design solutions which compete with the exterior design (as existing systems and devices do).

Careful study of existing coatings, rehabilitation requirements, and historic photographs should inform treatment of cementitious exterior materials. It appears that a uniform coating may have been applied, blurring the distinction among architectural features visible in historic photographs.

Exterior Features

Roofing The clay tiles should be carefully tested and examined if initial investigations suggest they must be replaced. Alternative roofing systems, such as a self-healing waterproof membrane under the roofing tiles, should be investigated if needed in order to retain the existing tiles.

Cementitious Finishes and Ornament An architectural conservator who specializes in cementitious materials should study existing conditions to determine modes of failure and appropriate repair and stabilization techniques. Where there is spalling, the cause should be identified at each occurrence. Oxidized ferrous reinforcement should be cleaned and coated with a rust- inhibitor. Cementitious features and surfaces should be stabilized or patched where they are cracked, spalled, or deteriorated.

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Windows and Doors The windows should be restored. The wood frames and sash should be prepared and re-coated on the interior and exterior. The single-glazed windows do not have high performance in terms of insulation, air-tightness, shading, reflecting (desirable) infra-red radiation back to the interior, or impeding sound. They are highly significant historic features, made of high-quality materials, and executed with great workmanship. They should not be replaced or significantly altered unless detailed life-cycle analysis shows that historically appropriate replacement features offer an overall advantage in long-term cost, maintenance, energy use, resource conservation, and waste creation. Cracked or broken glass should be replaced in kind; concealed weather stripping may be installed to reduce air infiltration and improve acoustic performance; and interior shades may be installed.

The doors should be restored similarly. The clear coating on the doors has been maintained reasonably effectively, and should be replaced with a high-quality coating to continue this effective Entry on north end of east elevation. Jill Johnson 2012. management of an important feature. The monumental doors on the west elevation should be carefully restored. The incompatible existing crash bar on the interior should be removed; if panic hardware is required, a more compatible unit should be installed. The iron should be re-coated and the glass and the sub-sash in which it is set should be inspected and restored as needed.

Architectural: Interior Very Significant spaces should be restored; previous changes and added features which are Non-Contributing may be reversed, but otherwise the design should avoid visible changes. Spaces rated Very Significant should not be altered in plan or section unless it is unavoidable for mandatory code measures. Programmatic decisions for Very Significant spaces should adjusted where needed to avoid impacts. New openings and noticeable new features (such as building systems, lighting, signage) should be limited to those required by code or basic programmatic needs which cannot be provided otherwise. Existing features and materials rated Very Significant, Significant, and Contributing should retained and restored. Paint colors should be based on historic colors substantiated by documentation or paint analysis.

Significant spaces should be retained as is (with reversal of previous Non- Contributing work) wherever possible; changes required by code or vital to the program should be compatible with the character of the space. The architectural approach to Significant spaces should adjusted where needed to avoid impacts. Changes in plan and section, new openings and noticeable new features (such

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as building systems, lighting, signage) should defer entirely to the character of the space except where they are unavoidable in order to prevent impact on Very Significant spaces. Existing features and materials rated Very Significant or Significant should retained and restored; those rated Contributing may be altered in a manner compatible with the character of the space as needed for code and important programmatic requirements. Paint colors should be compatible with historic colors substantiated by documentation or paint analysis.

Contributing spaces should be retained as is (with reversal of previous Non- Contributing work) to the degree feasible within code, programmatic, and architectural design requirements without altering their fundamental character. The architectural approach to Contributing spaces should acknowledge and reinforce their historic character overall. Changes in plan and section, new openings, and noticeable new features (such as building systems, lighting, signage) should be compatible with the character of the space except where they are needed to prevent impact on Very Significant and Significant spaces. Existing features and materials rated Very Significant or Significant should retained and restored; those rated Contributing may be altered in a manner compatible with the character of the space. Paint colors should be compatible with the character of the space and building.

Non-Contributing spaces may be altered, combined, or sub-divided. Where possible, Non-Contributing spaces should be returned to their original layout and character. Changes should be generally compatible with the historic character of the

Arched doorway to exterior terrace, Room 321. This room has changed little since original construction. Knapp 2012.

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building, especially where they are readily visible from the exterior and spaces rated Contributing or higher. Features which are Very Significant should be retained in place if feasible or moved to an appropriate location if necessary. Significant features should be retained in place or moved if feasible. Contributing features should be retained wherever achievable within the project goals.

Materials and Features Very Significant items should be retained and restored. The interior items rated Very Significant may be moved with relatively little loss of historical integrity, provided they are reinstalled in a location with the same architectural role as the original location. Corridor doors should be restored, and careful analysis of life-safety requirements and classification of occupancy, construction type, and alarm and sprinkler systems should be performed to avoid loss of the doors and transoms. Original display cases – and ideally, their contents – should be maintained in place (and restored or curated), or moved to a location where their historical importance is obvious and understandable.

Significant materials and features should be retained and rehabilitated as much as is logical and feasible within core programmatic, constructability, and code compliance requirements. They should not be removed, significantly altered, or moved to incongruous locations to fulfill a new design vision for the building. A careful, detailed inventory of casework from the period of significance should be undertaken; except for the recessed display cases in the corridors, the storage and display cabinets can be moved as long as their ultimate location conveys their historic role in the building. The clear-finished wood trim should be retained in most or all spaces where it is found. The interior materials palette should include “battleship” linoleum flooring in a significant number of spaces, and the existing material should be retained in some spaces. Careful consideration should be given to retaining the Significant features and materials in the third floor toilet rooms to the greatest degree feasible.

Contributing features and materials should be retained wherever achievable within the overall goals of the project. They should not be eliminated as a group. If it is possible to retrofit the old fluorescent light fixtures for efficient operation and install them in a visually logical place (perhaps in a small number of rooms where historic casework is also located), this would increase the sense of the building’s development.

Non-Contributing features may be removed wherever they occur in the building.

Life Safety This report does not include a life safety study. See College of Natural Resources Master Plan by Noll & Tam. Proposed uses and building programs should be considered with an eye to code requirements so that the integrity of Hilgard Hall

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is not impaired because of a choice of use which was not informed. The California Historical Building Code and alternative technologies should be carefully studied for required code upgrades.

Accessibility This report does not include an accessibility study. See College of Natural Resources Master Plan by Noll & Tam.

The existing accessible route to the basement door on the east side of the building provides equivalent access to the building. Although the entrance on the west elevation is architecturally the most important, changes in the campus since 1917 have made it functionally less important. It would be physically difficult, and historically very damaging, to attempt to make additional entrances accessible to wheelchairs. If handrails, doors, and other features are altered to make additional entrances accessible to ambulatory users, the alterations should be designed in the least conspicuous manner.

Much of the door hardware in the building is not accessible, but could be replaced by lever hardware and compliant closers, with door operators in selected locations, to provide fully accessible facilities. A limited number of doors, including cold room doors, may be difficult to adapt but could be retained either through careful engineering or by providing equivalent facilities.

The third floor men’s and women’s toilet rooms, including most of their finishes and fixtures, are historically significant but could relatively easily be upgraded to meet most accessibility requirements. If full compliance is mandatory, consideration should be given to construction of two additional single-occupant toilet rooms on the third floor. The toilet rooms in the basement could be reconfigured entirely to provide accessibility while re-using the components of the toilet partitions.

Summary of Significance and Recommendations The most important part of Hilgard Hall, and the easiest to preserve, is the site and exterior. The significant landscape features should be retained and preserved, as should exterior materials including the windows and cast stone, which need major capital repairs. Future laboratory use will require a solution to the current fume hood code compliance problems; if additional vent stacks are required, they should be located with as much sensitivity as is feasible. New stacks and other exterior features should be designed as unobtrusively as possible, without design flourishes or conspicuous screening.

On the interior of the building, most of the laboratories have been altered since the major remodeling in the 1960s, and many of the offices also have been changed enough to cause impacts on their integrity. Changes in these spaces necessary to

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achieve programmatic goals do not necessarily need to cause an overwhelming impact on the historical value of Hilgard Hall. Features such as doors, windows, trim, and casework can go a long way toward retaining the historical character of the building even if the spaces themselves are reconfigured. Use of “battleship linoleum” floors, gypsum board walls with base and picture rails matching the historical features, plaster ceilings, and historically appropriate lighting fixtures, along with laboratory furniture and fixtures which are compatible with the character of the building, will make it possible to meet programmatic requirements without losing the essence and identity of the building. A careful inventory of wood cabinets and other casework, and sensitive relocation of these features, will make it possible to retain both historical fabric and a sense of physical continuity with the original Hilgard Hall.

The corridors and the stairs at the north and south ends of the building have the highest level of historical integrity of all the spaces in Hilgard Hall. Here, absolute avoidance of incompatible features such as new ceiling systems, stridently contemporary lighting fixtures and signage, and incompatible new doors or display cases is essential if the character of the corridors is to be retained. Careful code studies, programmatic discussions, consultations with the Campus Fire Marshal, and coordination with space planning and the project budget are important in order to produce an approach to corridor fire ratings and security which also allow the doors and transoms to continue to play the role they always have in the public realm of Hilgard Hall.

Second floor corridor. While ductwork from the 1960s renovation is visually obtrusive and has altered the height of the space, the corridor retains its overall character – and function. Display cases are not shown on original construction drawings. Knapp 2011.

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Conclusion Conclusion

While it is part of a historically significant grouping of buildings, Hilgard Hall is also notable in its own right. Designed by John Galen Howard, it originally was the westernmost substantial building in its section of the campus, and presented a monumental face readily visible from adjacent portions of downtown Berkeley. The building combines a straightforward interior organization with a high level of exterior ornament – both of which relate to its scientific purpose. Hilgard Hall, listed in the National Register, is historically significant for its association with the development of the University of California and the College of Agriculture, and for its high artistic value as the work of a master. It retains a high level of historical integrity.

While the exterior has changed very little since 1917, the interior was completely remodeled in the early 1960s -- but changed subtly enough so that it still remains historically significant today. The renovation occurred during the period of significance of the building, giving it historical significance in its own right. Ongoing research, academic department needs, and building maintenance in the succeeding 50 years have resulted in a number of changes which are not historically significant. The building that presents itself now is therefore a product of continuing evolution, not a static remnant of a single moment of construction almost a century ago.

The original College of Agriculture merged into the College of Natural Resources decades ago, but the corridor displays of 19th century soil samples and current researchers’ posters presenting ongoing research in soils ecology demonstrate the continuity of the research and academic mission of the building. The age of the systems installed in the 1960s and changes in laboratory methods, equipment, and standards mean that the building must accommodate major changes to continue in its scientific function. The College of Natural Resources Master Plan put forward a proposal for major renovations of Hilgard Hall as part of the long-term road map for the school’s facilities. While this will inevitably mean some loss of historic features and materials, it will also allow the building to continue in its original use and extend its historically significant academic and scientific associations.

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The layered complexity of extant original features, items from the 1960s renovation, and later changes provides a great deal of flexibility to those operating the building and planning for future changes. But this flexibility also imposes a certain challenge: great programmatic changes can be made without overwhelming loss of historical integrity—if they are executed with care. Sensitivity to historical features and character, and a willingness to temper “signature” design moves carefully, are required if future interventions are to retain the historical integrity of Hilgard Hall. Fortunately, some of the most important historic features and materials may be relatively easy to retain: the exterior (especially the west façade), the interior circulation scheme, and the windows and doors and trim. Some aspects are likely to be more challenging, including code compliance (e.g. accessible entries, fire-rated corridors, fume hood roof vents), the lack of a major public interior space, and specific programmatic issues for laboratories (e.g. space planning, building systems). If some loss of integrity is unavoidable, but the basic historical character of the building is to be retained, moves such as retention of historic cabinetry, use of historic materials like battleship linoleum, and preservation of the third floor toilet rooms should be considered carefully. Hilgard Hall has never been frozen in time, and it can accommodate major changes without losing its identity, as long as its original character and building fabric are carefully taken into account and are allowed to play their role in the future.

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Appendix Appendix A Additional Historic Photographs

West façade, 1918, with Wellman Hall partially visible at rear. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

West façade, viewed from south, by Francis Brugueiere. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Portion of east elevation, before landscaping was completed, 1917. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Detail of west façade, 1917. Note original window at second floor above entry. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

knapp architects Hilgard hall historic structure report View from northeast, with portion of Wellman Hall visible at left, 1917. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

View of northwest quadrant of campus, before construction of Giannini Hall. Original caption noted the Campus acted as a transitional zone between urban downtown Berkeley and the undeveloped hills to the east. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

View of east elevation, 1917. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

West façade, 1975. Note large trees flanking main entry and ventilation louvers in place of original second floor window above entry. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Hilgard hall historic structure report knapp architects Appendix B Selected Original Drawings

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Appendix C Selected Renovation Drawings

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Appendix D Room-by-Room Inventory Forms

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Room Inventory: Legend

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Room Survey Legend

Ceiling 1 Plaster 2 T-bar 3 Acoustic tile Floors 1 Concrete 2 Battleship 3 9" tile 4 12" tile 5 Resilient sheet 6 Carpet Walls 1 Plaster 2 Gyp. Bd. 3 Paneling 4 Other Wood (Double-hung Windows 1 unless noted otherwise) Metal (Double-hung unless 2 noted otherwise) 3 Wood casement 4 Metal casement 5 Wood fixed 6 Metal fixed A Arched F French doors Doors 1 Wood Panel 2 Flush 3 Glazed 4 Special 5 Transom Trim - Base 1 Wood 2 Plaster 3 Vinyl 4 Other 5 Plaster with metal groove Trim - Chair rail 1 Wood 2 Plaster Trim - Picture rail 1 Wood 2 Plaster 3 Metal groove Cabinets 1 Wood 2 Other Material 3 Glazed doors 4 Freestanding 5 Built in Lab benches 1 Wood 2 Other Material 3 Resin counter 4 Stone counter 5 Other counter

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Fume hood 1 Non-original 2 Period of Significance? Lights 1 Fluorescent 2 Incandescent 3 Exposed conduit HVAC 1 Exposed ducts 2 FCU etc. 3 Radiator 4 Pipes 5 Grilles Other

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Room Inventory: Corridors

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Room No. / Name Main Corridor, Floor B Photo No. / Date 1-12 / 111219

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 3 Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors 1+2+3 Stairs at ends At central entry on east side, modern panic 1+3 hardware Trim - base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Lights 1 Surface with exposed conduit HVAC 1, 4 other Telephone & data cabinets other Two fire hose cabinets

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Room No. / Name Main Corridor, Floor 1 Photo No. / Date 13-19 / 111219

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors same as basement Trim - Base 1 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Surface (period) + recessed (modern); 1+3+5. Most prominent are glazed, lighted display Cabinets 1+3+5 cases with soil samples Pendant with exposed conduit, non-original Lights 1 indirect light cove at north end HVAC 1, 4 other Telephone & data cabinets other Two fire hose cabinets Niche with marble pedestal + bronze bust of "E W Hilgard 1833-1916GIFT OF FACULTY other ALUMNI AND AGRICULTURE CLUB" other Niche with parcel shelf

Room No. / Name Main Corridor, Floor 2 Photo No. / Date 20-32 / 111219

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 With large patches Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors Stairs same as basement Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 2 types: EW Hilgard's soil samples (roughly 4- 3/4" deep X 8'-6" high) fully glazed. Inscribed “California Soil Columns Collected by Dr. Eugene Waldemar Hilgard” and with smaller inventory card reading, “1914 R. H. Loughridge Humus in California Soil Columns UC Publications in Agr. Sciences Vol. 1 No. 8 173- 214” Also, and solid base/glazed upper storage Cabinets 1+3+5 cabinets.

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Lights 1 Pendant with exposed conduit Three emergency shower/eye wash stations, HVAC 1+4 drinking fountain, wood access panels other Telephone & data cabinets other Two fire hose cabinets

Room No. / Name Main Corridor, Floor 3 Photo No. / Date 1-4 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 With chrome cornerguards Windows 0 Doors See stairs, rooms Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 At door head height Cabinets 1+3; 1; all 5; Some recessed (not glazed) Lights 1 Flush- mounted Emergency shower/eye wash station, drinking HVAC 1+4 fountain other Water fountain, eyewash & emergency shower other Telephone & data cabinet other Two fire hose cabinets

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Room Inventory: Basement

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Room No. / Name 03/ Office Photo No. / Date 1, 2 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+2 Modern hardware old closer Trim - Base Upturn flooring Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 With SS sink Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Pendent HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 air/gas/vacuum other

Room No. / Name 03A/ Equipment (autoclaves) Photo No. / Date 4, 5 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 1 Ghost of 3 removed Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors Plywood infill @ opening to 3 Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood SS over autoclaves Lights 1, 3 Capped air/gas/vac Note: basement has many HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 more pipes at ceiling than upper floors other

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Room No. / Name 04/ Lab Photo No. / Date 19, 20 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 May be scratched (or dirty) Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 With old closer, modern hardware Trim - Base Upturned flooring Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Base with plastic laminate counter & SS sink; 1 Cabinets 1 upper 2 melamine Lab benches +3 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4 Gas other

Room No. / Name 4A/ Storage, Same as 4 Photo No. / Date 21 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 0 Doors Double-width, no leaf Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood E Lights HVAC 4 only SS sink other

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Room No. / Name 05 / Lab Photo No. / Date 1-3 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 3 Poor condition - patches, chemical spills?, worn Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot With modern hardware & old closer; 1 to 3A & 11 Doors 1+2 with old hardware Trim - Base 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Base with p-lam & resin surfaces & SS sink, unit Cabinets 1 at ext. wall appears old; e upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 Air/gas/vac, split system other

Room No. / Name 10/ lab-office Photo No. / Date 6, 7 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 With Lexan, modern hardware, old closer Trim - Base 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1 With resin, SS with continuous sink Lab benches 0 Fume hood 2 Lights 1 In T-bar HVAC 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 10A/ Office, Same as 10 Photo No. / Date 8, 9 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows One blocked by air-conditioner, duct To 10 (louvers at bottom panel) with new, to Doors 1+3 closet with old hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 11/ lab Photo No. / Date 10-13 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 In segments Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 To 5, 17A with old hardware Trim - Base 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Base with resin top & concrete. sink; 1+3 upper Cabinets 1 (various), poor-good condition Lab benches 1 Sim. to base cabs Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Pendent, 3 SS sink on ext. wall, steam main on ceiling, 4, 5, HVAC air/gas/vac other

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Room No. / Name 11A/ Office, Same as 11 Photo No. / Date 14-15 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 0 Doors 1+2 With old hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood Lights HVAC 2 other

Room No. / Name 17A/ office Photo No. / Date 16 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 3 Walls 1 Windows 0 With old hardware, new closer; 1 to 19 with old Doors 1+3 latchset, missing lock Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 and 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 17B/ Office, Same as 17A Photo No. / Date 17-18 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1 With modern knob, 1 to 17C with old hardware Trim - Base 0 and 5 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1+3 Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 19/ Lab Photo No. / Date 22, 23 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 With old closer & hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1 Base with resin counter & SS sink Extension with plastic laminate & SS sink. 1, 1+3 Lab benches 1+3 upper. Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 Split system other

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Room No. / Name 20 / Women’s Room Photo No. / Date 1 / 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors Terrazzo Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 With recent metal louvers, old closer Trim - Base 4 marble Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 k Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Old pendent HVAC 1, 4, 5 Lavs and waterclosets original or period other

Room No. / Name 20A / Lactation Room Photo No. / Date 2 / 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 5 Doors 1 Trim - Base 1+2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 HVAC 1, 4 other

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Room No. / Name 23/ Lab Photo No. / Date 24, 25 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 With Lexan, modern hardware, old closer Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Base with resin surface & SS sink Lab benches 1+3 Fume hood 1 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 Window a/c unit other

Room No. / Name 25/ Lab Photo No. / Date 3, 4, 5 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Fair – stains, things glued on Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 Old closer new hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Old with concrete top, 1 recent with plastic Cabinets 1 laminate, 1 with resin top & composite sink Lab benches 0 Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendant HVAC 4, 5 Big steam main, air/gas/vacuum other other

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Room No. / Name 32/ Lab Photo No. / Date 6, 7 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 Modern hardware, closer Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 With resin composite sink Lab benches 1 With resin composite sink Fume hood 1 Two Lights 1 pendant HVAC 1,2,3,4,5 air/gas/vacuum other

Room No. / Name 32a/ Office, Same as 32 Photo No. / Date 8, 9, 10 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows To 32 old closer & hardware, ext. 1+3 old Doors 1+3 hardware new closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 33/ Lab Photo No. / Date 11, 12, 13, 14 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Pivot Doors 1+3 New hardware closer Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 With resin top & composite sink, old painted base section, painted wood storage cabs some glass Cabinets 1 doors Lab benches 1 With resin top four (teaching lab) Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent HVAC 1,2,3,4,5 air/gas/vacuum other Steam autoclave

Room No. / Name 39/ Mechanical Photo No. / Date 18, 19, 20 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 1 Walls 1 And HCT Windows 0 Doors 1+3 Old hardware closer Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Surface utilitarian Pumps, FCU-, Chillers, heat exchanger, HVAC Compressor other other

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Room No. / Name 39A/ Electrical, Same as 39 Photo No. / Date 21, 22 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 1 Pivot Doors 2 Steel new hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 40/ Staging Photo No. / Date 15, 16 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Poor - scratched Walls 1 and 2 Windows 0 Doors 1+3 New hardware closer Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 and 0 Cabinets 1 With resin & comp sink, 1 upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent Old HVAC 2, 4 other

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Room No. / Name 40a/ Office Photo No. / Date 17 / 120313

Ceiling 1 Floors 3 Poor - patchwork of mismatched colors Walls 1 and 2 Windows 1 Pivot, 1 fixed to 40 New hardware & closer to 40, 1+3 ext with old Doors 1 hardware new closer Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 1 and 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Old pendent HVAC 1, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 42/ Equipment, Same as 39 Photo No. / Date 23 / 120313

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets SS counter with sink Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 45/ Lab, Same as 47 Photo No. / Date 4, 5 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 4 Walls Windows Doors 1+3 With Lexan old hardware new closer Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets With composite sink Lab benches Fume hood 1 Lights HVAC other

Room 45A/ Office same as 47 6, 7 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 6 Walls Windows Doors 1+3 Lexan old hardware no closer to 45 Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC Also 2 and split system other

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Room No. / Name 47/ Lab Photo No. / Date 1, 2, 3 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Poor - cut, stained Walls 1 and 2 Windows 1 Pivot Modern hardware, closer: old hardware no closer Doors 1 to 45 Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 and 0 Base with plastic laminate and SS, SS sink & Cabinets 1 apron; 1+3 upper Lab benches 1 With plastic laminate & resin Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 air/gas/vacuum other

Room No. / Name 50/ Cold Room Photo No. / Date 26, 27, 34 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Insulation Floors 1 Walls 4 Insulating plaster Windows 0 Doors 4 Wood insulating Trim - Base 0 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1 Counter with resin top & sink Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Industrial/marine fixtures for A lamp HVAC 2, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 50A/ Cold Room, Same as 50 Photo No. / Date 28, 29 / 120301

Room No. / Name 50B/ Cold Room, Same as 50 Photo No. / Date 30, 31 / 120301

Room No. / Name 50C/ Cold Room, Same as 50 Photo No. / Date 32, 33 / 120301

Room No. / Name 50D/ Cold Room, Same as 50 Photo No. / Date 35 / 120301

Room No. / Name 50E/ Cold Room, Same as 50 Photo No. / Date 36, 37 / 120301

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 5 in 50C Walls Windows Doors door to 50B Jamolite Cold Storage Door with fiberglass face Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1 in 50C With resin counters Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 105 / Lab Photo No. / Date

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1

Doors 1+1 To corridor; 1 to 107 both modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1+3 1 base with p lam surface

Lab benches 1+3 With sink, 1 with SS counter & integral sink

On wood base cabinet with steel cylinder 14" +/- dia. X 10' long on top possibly for precipitating Fume hood 1 gases from fumes? Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 Industrial water other

Room No. / Name 107 / Office Photo No. / Date 15 / 111221

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 Floors 4 Walls 1, 2 Windows 0 New hardware to corridor, 1 with new hardware Doors 1+2 to 105 Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1 Base only with plastic laminate countertop Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 In T-bar HVAC 5 other

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Room No. / Name 107A / Office, Same as 107 Photo No. / Date 16 / 111221

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 1 Doors 1+2 With modern hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1+3 Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 108 / Office Photo No. / Date 1, 2 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Floors 6 Walls 1, 3 Plywood paneling Windows 1 Doors 1+3 No duct at transom, modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 At ceiling Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 108A / Office, Same as 108 Photo No. / Date 3 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 2 Walls Windows Door to 108: 1+3 old hardware; door to 108B 1 Doors old hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC 1, 5 other

Room No. / Name 108B / Office, Same as 108A Photo No. / Date 4, 5 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls 1, 3 Plywood paneling Windows 1 to 108 Doors 1+3 Old hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 112 / Conf. Room Photo No. / Date 6-7 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Exterior; 5 @ shaft

Doors 1+5 With duct through transom, modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1+3 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1+2 other Projector screen with wood valence Two slate chalkboards with wood frames - other appear old but possibly altered

Room No. / Name 113 / Lab Photo No. / Date 13, 14 / 111221

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3 With duct through transom Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Base & wall with resin countertop and sink, Cabinets 1 1+3+4 Lab benches 1+3 With sink Fume hood 1 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4 other

Room No. / Name 117B / Office

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Photo No. / Date 9-12 / 111221

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows 1 With deflector Doors 1 With Trilogy Trim - Base 1 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 1+3 Old Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Old HVAC 1, 4 other

Room No. / Name 120 / Lab Photo No. / Date 8-10 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1

With duct through transom, modern hardware, Doors 1+5 Lexan on interior of glazing Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1+3, 1 Wall upper Lab benches 1+3 Attached & integral composite sinks Fume hood 1 Not vented to exterior; 1 on wood base Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 Vac & other pipes other Emergency shower & eyewash

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Room No. / Name 120A / Closet, Office Alcove, Same as 120 Photo No. / Date 11 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 8' high Floors Walls Windows 0 Doors 1 With old hardware, framed opening Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Old HVAC 5 other Small lab sink

Room No. / Name 120B / Lab, Same as 120 Photo No. / Date 12 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors 1+3 Pocket fully glazed 1 light Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1+3 Base with SS sink/desk, 1 upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent Old HVAC 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 123 / Lab Photo No. / Date 3 / 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Floors 2 Poor condition

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Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3+5 Duct through transom. Recent hardware. Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 1 60s or later, upper and base units Lab benches 1 60s or later Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent HVAC 1, 2, 3, 4 Air, gas, and vacuum pipes other

Room No. / Name 123A / Office-storage, Same as 123 Photo No. / Date

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 0 Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 125 / Lab, Same as 131 Photo No. / Date 4-6 / 111221

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail

Cabinets 1+3+5 Old, 1 base & wall with resin countertop and sink Lab benches 1+3 Fume hood 1 Lights HVAC other Emergency shower & eyewash

Room No. / Name 125A / Office, Same as 131 Photo No. / Date 7-8 / 111221

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors 1 to 125 with old hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1+3 Wall only Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Old HVAC No radiator other

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Room No. / Name 127 / Lab, Same as 131 Photo No. / Date 1-3 / 111221

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Door to 127, 1 with old hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1, 3 With black resin countertops and sink Lab benches 1, 3 With sink Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 128 / Lab, Same as 120 Photo No. / Date 13-15 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 2 Walls Windows Doors No duct at transom Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1+3, 1 Wall upper

With center drain & attached composite sink, Lab benches 1+4 1+3, 1 with SS surface & integral sink Fume hood 1, 1 Without exterior venting Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 131 / Office, Former Lab Photo No. / Date 6, 7 / 111216 12-13 / 120314 Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1 With duct through transom; old door hardware, Doors 1+3+5 closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 1+3 Base 1 plastic laminate & resin, upper 1+3 Lab benches 1+3 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 Gas, air, vac other

Room No. / Name 131A, Similar to 131 Photo No. / Date 8, 9 / 111216, 14, 15 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors New hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets Wall only Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC No gas pipes other

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Room No. / Name 132 / Lab Photo No. / Date 1, 2 / 111216

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 2 Windows 2 Doors 1+3+5 4 ducts through transom Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1+3 Wall and base, 4, 5 with resin finish Lab benches 1+3 Metal on wood base cabinet with steam, h&c Fume hood 1 water, gas, air Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 Pipes gas, air, vac other

Room No. / Name 133 / Copy Room Photo No. / Date 1, 2/ 111215

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors 1+3+5 Modern hardware Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1 Wall & base w/ resin surface Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1+3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 133A / Storage, Same as 133 Photo No. / Date 3 / 111215

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows

Doors 1 Vestibule with 2 door openings & 1 door leaf Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 0 Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC Gas pipes (capped) other

Room No. / Name 137 / Office, Lab Photo No. / Date 19, 20, 22, 23 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 With deflector Doors 1+3+5 With old hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3

Cabinets 1 Wall glazed doors + solid sliding doors above Lab benches 1+3 With sink Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 4 Gas, air, vac, ? Water other

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Room No. / Name 137A / Office, Same as 137 Photo No. / Date 21 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 6 Walls Windows Doors 1 With old hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1+3 wall Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC 1,3,4 other

Room No. / Name 139 / Lab Photo No. / Date 10-11 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Very poor - holes, scratched Walls 1 Windows 1 With Dutch horizontal split in leaf, old hardware Doors 1+3 & closer, duct thru transom Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Resin/plastic laminate SS sink, 1 and 1+3 upper Lab benches 1 Plastic laminate & resin Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 140, Same as 132 Photo No. / Date None / 111216

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood 1 two similar Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 140A / Office Photo No. / Date 10, 11 / 111216

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Floors 4 Walls 1, 2 Windows 1 With duct through transom - corridor; 1+2+3 - to Doors 1+3+5 140; both with modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1, 3 Base and wall with gray plastic laminate Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 4 other

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Room No. / Name 141 / Office Photo No. / Date 13-17 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 At 8' and 9' +/- Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 4 Aluminum sliding to 141A Doors 1+3 Modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1+3 Wall, may be Period of Significance Lab benches 1, 3 With sink SS, may be Period of Significance Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Pendent, 3 Pipes at lab bench include air, gas, vac; 2 other HVAC 1,4 types capped other

Room No. / Name 141A / Office, Same as 141 Photo No. / Date 18 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 1 Doors 1+2 Modern hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC 1, 3, 4 other

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Room No. / Name 143 / Office Photo No. / Date 9, 11, 12 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3 1 to 145 with old hardware Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Desk level, sink (both with black resin finish), Cabinets 1 glazed wall -- all non-original Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent HVAC 1,3,4 Including air, gas, icw, ihw, dw other

Room No. / Name 145 / Office Photo No. / Date 8, 9 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1

Doors 1+3 Duct through transom, old hardware new closer Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 146 / Lab Photo No. / Date 14-24, 26 / 111216

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1 With duct through transom and modern hardware, second door modified but old Doors 1+3+5 hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Base and wall with resin finish

Lab benches 1 With resin & stainless steel finish, sinks Fume hood 1 Two open Stainless Steel hoods Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 Industrial water? other

Room No. / Name 147 / Office Photo No. / Date 5, 6 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Part at slab above, part at 8' +/- Floors 4 14" resilient Walls 1 Windows 1 With glass deflector Doors 1+3, 1 Modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent HVAC 3, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 147A / Break Room, Same as 147 Photo No. / Date 7, 8 / 111213

Feature Material Notes Ceiling At slab above Floors Walls Windows No deflector Doors 1 Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC No pipes other

Room No. / Name 148 / Lab Photo No. / Date 27-29 / 111216

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1

Doors 1+3+5 With duct through transom, modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Base & wall with resin finish Lab benches 1+3+4 Fume hood 1 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 Air, gas, industrial water other

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Room No. / Name 150 / Lab, Office, Same as 150A except benches cabs ducts door Photo No. / Date 3, 4 / 111209

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors 1+2 Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 1, 3 Fume hood 1 Lights HVAC 1 other Gas

Room No. / Name 150A / Office Photo No. / Date 1 / 111209

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1 Panels 4 Trim - Base 0 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 HVAC 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 150B / Office, Same as 150A except cabs Photo No. / Date 2 / 111209

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1 Non-original wall Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 151 / Office Photo No. / Date 4 / 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1 flush Trim - Base 3; 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent HVAC 1, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 151A / Office Photo No. / Date 5, 6 / 111209

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3

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Floors 5 Walls 2 Windows 2 Doors 1+2 Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 HVAC 3, 4 other

Room No. / Name 151B / Office, Same as 151A Photo No. / Date 7, 8 / 111209

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

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Room Inventory: Second Floor

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Room No. / Name 205 / Lab Photo No. / Date 16-18 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 Below window head Floors 4 Walls 2 Windows 1 Oak trim for blinds @ jambs Doors 1+2 Modern hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 1 Base with resin countertop,1+3 upper Lab benches 1+3 With sink Fume hood 1 Lights 1 In T-bar HVAC 3, 5 Vac, air, gas in lab bench other

Room No. / Name 205A / Office, Same as 205 Photo No. / Date 19 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Bisect window on west elevation Windows Doors 2+4 Plastic laminate modern lever hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC 5 only other

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Room No. / Name 207 / Lab Photo No. / Date 21-22 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3 Old closer, new hardware Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 1 Base with resin & composite sink, 1+3 upper Lab benches 1 With plastic laminate Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 208 / Lab, Same as 210 Photo No. / Date 22, 23 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Includes old closer, ducts @ transom Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Uppers old wood panel doors, stainless steel sink Lab benches 1 With gray plastic laminate countertop Fume hood 1? Not ducted Lights HVAC no 2 other

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Room No. / Name 210 / Lab Photo No. / Date 18-21 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3+5 Modern hardware Trim - Base 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 At wall, 1 at base with plastic laminate Cabinets 1+3 countertop and sink Lab benches 1 With composite countertop Fume hood 1 Two Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 Industrial water, air/gas/vac other

Room No. / Name 215 / Lab Photo No. / Date 20-22 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Monumental Doors 1+3+5 Modern & old hardware Trim - Base 3 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1+3 Upper, 1 base with p lam countertop Lab benches 0 Fume hood 1 On wood base Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 Gas, air, vac, industrial water other

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Room No. / Name 215A / Office, Same as 215 Photo No. / Date None / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 1 Typical Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC also 2 No air/gas/vacuum other

Room No. / Name 216 / Incubator room, plant pathology Photo No. / Date 14-17, 24 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors Wood plank cold storage Trim - Base 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Base with black resin countertop and composite Cabinets 1 sink, 1 upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Surface, on T-bar HVAC 2, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 217 / Office, Same as 215 Photo No. / Date 23, 24 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 4 Walls Windows 1 Duct through transom, Lexan @ glazing Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 1 Upper; 1 base with resin countertops & Cabinets 1, 1+3 composite sink Lab benches Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 3 4, 5 Assume gas, air, vac, industrial water other

Room No. / Name 217A / Office Photo No. / Date 25, 28 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors 1 With modern hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 220 / Lab, Same as 224 Photo No. / Date 12, 13 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 1 With black plastic laminate Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC other Closet fully ceramic tile "ethidium bromide area" other Closet door 1+2 with modern hardware

Room No. / Name 221 / Office Photo No. / Date 29, 30 / 111222

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 6 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3+5 Duct through transom, modern hardware Trim - Base 3 on 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 224 / Lab Photo No. / Date 10, 11 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 At 8' +/- Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Head concealed by T bar Doors 1+3+5 Concealed by T bar; no leaf at opening to 220 Trim - Base 't over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Base with black plastic laminate countertop and Cabinets 1 sink, 1 and 1+3 upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 1 Lights 1 In T bar, 3 HVAC 5 Air/gas/vac/ industrial water other

Room No. / Name 225 / Lab Photo No. / Date 2, 3 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3+5 With duct through transom, modern hardware Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 1 base with black resin & plastic laminate Cabinets 1, 3 upper countertops and sink Lab benches 1 With black resin countertop Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1 only At transom, 4, air-gas-vac other

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Room No. / Name 227 / Lab, same as 225 Photo No. / Date 1, 4, 5 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Sink Fume hood 1 Two Lights HVAC 1, 4, 5 Air-gas-vac other

Room No. / Name 227A / Office, Lab, Same as 225 Photo No. / Date 6 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Floors Walls Windows 0 Doors 1 With metal louvers bottom panel Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 227B / Office, Same as 227 Photo No. / Date 23 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 6 Walls 1 and 2 Windows Doors 1 old hardware, no closer Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 1 and 0 Cabinets 1 Base Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC No air/gas/vacuum other

Room No. / Name 231 / Fan Room Photo No. / Date 36 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 1 Walls 1 Poor - water damage Windows 0 Doors 1 Old hardware & closer Trim - Base 0 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 Utilitarian pendent HVAC 2, 4 other

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Room No. / Name 232 / Lab Photo No. / Date 24-25 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Poor holes, stains, dents Walls 1 Windows 1 Four typical, 2 monumental Two with Lexan, duct at transom, old hardware & Doors 1+3 closer Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Base with plastic laminate & resin, SS sink; 1 Cabinets 1 upper; old wall unit 1 lower with 1+3 upper Lab benches 1 With resin top & composite sink Fume hood 1 Two Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1- 5 air/gas/vacuum other

Room No. / Name 232A / Office, Same as 232 Photo No. / Date 26-27 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 1 Typical Doors No Lexan, transom, closer Trim - Base 6 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC 3, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 235 / Lab, Same as 225 Photo No. / Date 7, 8 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Includes old unit with glazed doors above deeper Cabinets base with wood panel doors Lab benches 1 With black plastic laminate Fume hood 1 Lights HVAC Includes 2; no gas-air-vac other Emergency shower & eyewash

Room No. / Name 235A / Lab Annex, Same as 235 Photo No. / Date 9, 11 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 3 Floors Walls Windows 0 Doors 1+3 With modern hardware @ 235; no leaf at 241 Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1 only Black plastic laminate & SS countertops Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Old HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 238 & 238A / Lab Photo No. / Date 28-30 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Poor stained, cracked, dented Walls 1 Windows 1 In 238A with blackout shade With Lexan, old hardware & closer; no door leaf Doors 1+3 @ 238A Trim - Base 6 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Base with plastic laminate, 1+3 upper @ 238A Lab benches 0 Fume hood 1 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 air/gas/vacuum other

Room No. / Name 240 / Lab Photo No. / Date 31-33 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 and 2 Windows 1 Doors 1+3 old hardware, new closer Trim - Base 6 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3, 0 Cabinets 1 Base w/ gray composite & SS sink, 1+3 upper Lab benches 1 With gray composite Fume hood 0 Equipment only Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 4, 5 air/gas/vacuum other

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Room No. / Name 240A / Two rooms with framed opening cold room Photo No. / Date 34 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Insulated assembly Floors 1 Over insulated assembly Walls Insulated assembly Windows 0 Doors 4 Steel insulated+3; does not latch Trim - Base Integral molding Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 2 Plastic laminate base Lab benches c Fume hood 0 Lights 2 Industrial HVAC 2, 5 other

Room No. / Name 241 / Lab, Same as 235 Photo No. / Date 10, 12-15 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Upper & lower with black resin countertops Lab benches 1 With back plastic laminate, sink Fume hood 1 Lights HVAC 1, 4 Air-gas-vac; two unistrut risers for lab bench other Emergency shower & eyewash

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Room No. / Name 241A / Office, Same as 241 Photo No. / Date 16, 17 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 Floors Walls Windows Doors 1 With modern hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1 With open wood shelves at upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC 1, 4 other

Room No. / Name 243 / Service Photo No. / Date 18, 19 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1 With duct at transom, old & replacement Doors 1+3+5 hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 utility style, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 Many pipes other

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Room No. / Name 245 / Lab Photo No. / Date 20-22 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows two 1 1 typical, 1 monumental With duct at transom & Lexan at Doors 1+3+5 window, modern hardware Trim - Base 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Upper, 1 lower with black plastic Cabinets 1+3 laminate countertops, sink With black plastic laminate countertops, Lab benches 1 sink Fume hood 1 Lights 1+3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 246 / Office Photo No. / Date 8, 9 / 12/01/13

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 At 8' +/- Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors 1+3+5 With Lexan and modern hardware Trim - Base 3 over 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets Modern built in desk/countertop Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 In T-bar HVAC '2, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 247 / Lab, Same as 245 Photo No. / Date 23-25 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches No sink Fume hood 1 Two Lights HVAC Includes 2, air-gas-vac other

Room No. / Name 248 / Lab Photo No. / Date 5 / 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Poor condition Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+3+5 Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 60s or later, base & upper units Lab benches 0 Fume hood 1 Lights 1, 3 pendent HVAC 1, 4, 5 Air, gas, & vacuum pipe other

Room No. / Name 250 / Lab Service Photo No. / Date 1, 2 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors 1+3+5 With Lexan, modern hardware Trim - Base 3 over 5

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Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 At wall, 1 @ base with plastic laminate Cabinets 1+3 countertop and sink Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 1, 4, 5 Industrial water other

Room No. / Name 250A / Storage, Similar to 250 Photo No. / Date 7 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 9' high +/- Floors Walls Windows Doors '1+3 Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches Fume hood Lights 1 Old surface HVAC 5 only other

Room No. / Name 250B / Lab, Same as 250 Photo No. / Date 3, 4 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows 1 Doors 1 With modern hardware Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Wood countertop Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC Includes 2 other

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Room No. / Name 250C / Office, Same as 250B Photo No. / Date 5, 6 / 120113

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Drip pan Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Base only, gray plastic laminate Cabinets countertop Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC other

Room No. / Name 251 / Vestibule Photo No. / Date 26 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 2 Floors 2 Walls 1 or 2

Doors 1+2 With old and replacement hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Old surface, two wall sconces HVAC 5 other

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Room No. / Name 251A / Office Photo No. / Date 29 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1 With old & replacement hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Open shelving upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights '1+3 HVAC '1, 3, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 251B / Office Photo No. / Date 35 / 120314

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1, 4 composite panels Windows 1 Doors 1 New hardware, old closer Trim - Base 3 over 6 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 and 0 Cabinets 1 base with resin & composite sink Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendent, 3 HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 other

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Room No. / Name 251C / Conference Photo No. / Date 27, 28 / 120106

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows 1 Doors 1+2 With modern hardware Trim - Base 5 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 HVAC 3, 5 other

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Room Inventory: Third Floor

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Room No. / Name 304 / Lab Photo No. / Date 1-3 / 120202

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows Two F one casement Doors double 1+3 Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 1 base, 1+3 Cabinets upper Base with p-lam and SS sink Lab benches 1 With resin and p-lam Fume hood 1 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 3, 4, 5 Air/gas/vac other

Room No. / Name 304A / Office, Same as 304 Photo No. / Date 4 / 120202

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Casement Doors 1+2 Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1 Upper shelves Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 305 / Office Photo No. / Date 1-2 / 120120

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows three F Doors 1+2 With modern hardware, 1 to 305A Trim - Base 1, 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 305A / Office, Same as 305 Photo No. / Date 3, 4 / 120120

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows One F Doors Closet 1 with old hardware Trim - Base Also 3 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights Also medical examination light HVAC 1+2, 3, 4, 5 Exhaust fan other

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Room No. / Name 309 / Office, Same as 305 Photo No. / Date 5, 6 / 120120

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors 6 Walls 1, 2 Windows One F At corridor with modern hardware and Old Doors 1+3 closer, 1 pocket to 305A Trim - Base also 3 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights Also panel board HVAC 5 Exhaust from fan at 305A other Closet door removed, shelves added

Room No. / Name 311 / Office, Same 305 Photo No. / Date 7-10 / 120120

Feature Material Notes Doors To 309: 1 with old hardware HVAC 5

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Room No. / Name 313 / Office, Same as 305 Photo No. / Date 11, 12 / 120120

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows With Lexan & modern hardware at corridor and Doors 1+3 313A Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC also 3 other

Room No. / Name 313A / Office, Same as 305 Photo No. / Date 13, 14 / 120120

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC 1, 3, 5 other

Room No. / Name 317 / Office Photo No. / Date 6 / 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1

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Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows 1, F Doors 1+3 Old hardware, recent closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 surface HVAC 3 other

Room No. / Name 319/ Office Photo No. / Date 7/ 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows A Doors 1+3 Old hardware, recent closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 surface HVAC 3 other

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Room No. / Name 321 / Office Photo No. / Date 15, 16 / 120120

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows A Doors 1+3 At corridor; 1 to 319 Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1,3 HVAC 3, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 323 / Lab Photo No. / Date 17, 18 / 12/01/20

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Very poor condition Walls 1 Windows Two A poor condition Doors 1+3 With old hardware Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail '1, 3 At base with black resin countertops With Cabinets 1 composite sinks Lab benches 1 With black resin countertop Fume hood 1 Lights 1 Surface HVAC 3, 4, 5 Air-gas-vac-h&c industrial water other

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Room No. / Name 326 / Office Photo No. / Date 5, 6 / 120202

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows 1

Doors 1+3 With Lexan, modern hardware, old closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1 Shelves, 1+3 upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 Surface HVAC 3, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 327 Office Photo No. / Date 8/ 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows 1, F Doors 1+3 Old hardware & closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 1+3 60s or later upper units Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 Surface HVAC 3, 5 other

Room No. / Name 328 / Office, Same as 326 Photo No. / Date 7, 8 / 120202

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Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows F No Lexan, old hardware & closer; typ. 3rd floor Doors closet door Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets Upper open wood shelves Lab benches Fume hood Lights HVAC Air/gas/vac pipes capped other

Room No. / Name 330/ Office Photo No. / Date 9/ 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 6 Walls 1 Windows F Doors 1+3 Old hardware & closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 Surface HVAC 5 other

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Room No. / Name 331 / Conf. Room Photo No. / Date 12-13 / 120224

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 6 Walls 1 Windows One double hung wood, one F

With Lexan & modern hardware, old closer @ Doors 1+3 corridor, 1 with old hardware to 333 Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1surface, 3 HVAC 3, 4, 5 other

Room No. / Name 333/ Office Photo No. / Date 10/120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows A Doors 1+3 Old hardware & closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 1 60s or later open shelves Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 Surface HVAC 3, 5 other

Room No. / Name 334 / Office, Lab, Same as 326 Photo No. / Date 9-11 / 120202

Feature Material Notes

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Ceiling Floors Walls Windows F

No Lexan, modern hardware & closer; typ. 3rd Doors floor closet door, missing door leaf to attic Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Base with black resin counter and sink; 1+3 Cabinets 1 upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood Lights HVAC Also air/gas/vac

other Fluted cast iron drain at industrial water

Room No. / Name 335/ Office Photo No. / Date 11/120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Walls 1 Windows A Doors 1+3 Old hardware & closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 Surface HVAC 3, 5 other

Room No. / Name 336/ Office Photo No. / Date 12/120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2

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Walls 1 Windows F Doors 1+3 Old hardware & closer Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 60s or later; base with resin sink & upper units Cabinets 1 with wood and glazed doors Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 Surface HVAC 3, 5 other

Room No. / Name 337 / Lab Photo No. / Date 10-11 / 120224

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows A Two poor to fair condition Doors 1+3 With modern latch, old closer Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1 With black resin/ blue plastic laminate countertop Cabinets 1 two SS sinks. 1+3 upper Lab benches 1 With black resin countertops Fume hood 1 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 Air/gas/vac/industrial water other

Room No. / Name 338/ Office Photo No. / Date 13/ 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows F Doors 1+3 Old hardware & closer

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Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3, 0 Cabinets 0 60s or later open shelves Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 Surface HVAC 1, 5 Air, gas, and vacuum stubbed out other

Room No. / Name 339 / Lab Photo No. / Date 5-7 / 120224

Feature Material Notes

Ceiling 1 Flat/sloped stepped at change in roof massing Floors 2 Walls 1 One fixed aluminum w/ insulated glass, one Windows wood double-hung With modern hardware & closer, twin 1 at closet with brass thumb turn room side (glass knob Doors 1+3 missing) Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 1, 3 Some walls none

Cabinets 1 Base with black resin countertop & resin sink With black resin countertop and recent wood Lab benches 1 extensions Fume hood 0 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 3, 4, 5 Air/gas/vac other

Room No. / Name 342 / Lab Photo No. / Date 1-3 / 120217

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows Two With recent, compatible hardware

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casement+F Doors 1+3 Two 1+3 with old hardware Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Upper & lower with black resin surface & SS Cabinets 1 sink/plastic laminate Lab benches 1 With plastic laminate surface Fume hood 1 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 Vac, gas, air, industrial water other

Room No. / Name 342A / Office, Same as 342 Photo No. / Date 4/ 120217

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows F only Doors 1+3 Typical 3rd floor closet door Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1+3 Solid lower/glazed upper Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 pendant HVAC other

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Room No. / Name 342B Photo No. / Date None / 120217

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 1 Walls 1 Windows 0 "Hermann Safe Co. San Francisco" with Steel safe combination lock (disabled), 16" steel jamb, twin Doors door steel inner doors Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights Lampholder HVAC 0 other Emergency buzzer

Room No. / Name 342C / Lab Equipment Photo No. / Date 5 / 120217

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows 0 Doors 1+2 Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 On two walls only Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 5 other

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Room No. / Name 342D / Lab work area, Same as 342C Photo No. / Date 6 / 120217

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows

Doors Two 1 pocket with mix of hardware, mostly old Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail Cabinets 1 Desk with p-lam surface Lab benches Fume hood 2 lampholder, Lights 3 HVAC 0 Just 5 to 342C other

Room No. / Name 342E / Storage, Same as 342C Photo No. / Date 7 / 120217

Feature Material Notes Ceiling Floors Walls Windows Doors 3'-0 X 7'-0" opening; leaf missing Trim - Base Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets Lab benches Fume hood 2 lampholder, Lights 3 HVAC 0 other

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Room No. / Name 343 / Office Photo No. / Date 8-9 / 120224

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 2 Poor condition Walls 1 Windows F With old latchset, modern closer, typical 3rd floor Doors 1+3 closet Trim - Base 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Counter with plastic laminate surface & Cabinets 1 covered/abandoned sink Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 3, 4, 5 Air/gas/vac other

Room No. / Name 345 / Office Photo No. / Date 3-4 / 120224

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows F

Doors 1+3 With Lexan, modern hardware & closer Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 0 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 1, 2, 4, 5 Air/gas/vac capped other

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Room No. / Name 347 / Office Photo No. / Date 1-2 / 120224 and 14/ 120731

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows F With modern hardware & closer, typical 3rd floor Doors 1+3 closet Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1, 3 Surface & pendant, HVAC 1, 3, 4, 5 Air/gas/vac capped other

Room No. / Name 349 / Office Photo No. / Date 14, 15 / 120202

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 4 Walls 1 Windows F With modern hardware, old closer, Lexan; typ. Doors 1+3 3rd floor closet door Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail 0 Trim - picture rail 3 Cabinets 0 Lab benches 0 Fume hood 0 Lights 1 surface HVAC 5 other

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Room No. / Name 351 / Lab Photo No. / Date 12, 13 / 120202

Feature Material Notes Ceiling 1 Floors 5 Walls 1 Windows Three F With modern hardware, old closer; closet door Doors 1+3 1+2 Trim - Base 3 over 2 Trim - chair rail Trim - picture rail 3 Cabs and desks with black resin & plastic Cabinets 1 laminate countertops Lab benches 1 With p-lam and SS sink Fume hood 0 Lights 1 surface, 3 HVAC 3, 4, 5 Air/gas/ vac other

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