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State of California C The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENTIII.C.8. OF PARKS Historic AND RECREATION Resources HRI # Evaluation PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code

State of California C The Resources Other Agency Listings Primary # Review Code Reviewer Date DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 1 8 (Assigned by recorder) 2129 Shattuck Avenue Page of *ResourceOther Listings Name or #: P1. Other ReviewIdentifier: Code APN – 057-203200503 Reviewer Date also 2119 Center Street

* P2. Location: Unrestricted *a. County; Alameda Page*b. 1USGS of 7.5'8 : *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 2129 Shattuck Avenue c. AddressP1. Other Identifier: 2129 Shattuck APN Avenue, – 057-203200503 Berkeley, California 94704 also 2119 Center Street d. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, decimal degrees, etc., as appropriate) *P2. Location:APN – 057 - 203200503 Unrestricted also 2119 Center Street *P3a. *a. Description:County; Alameda (Describe re source and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) *b. USGS 7.5': This c.two -story,Address reinforced 2129 concrete Shattuck bank Avenue, building Berkeley, is located California at the northeast94704 corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street in downtown Berkeley.d. Other The large, Locational two-story, Data: rectangular (e.g., parcel commercial #, directions tostructure resource, has elevation, a flat roofdecimal and degrees, projecting etc., eave. as appropriate) The building is set back on the parcel to APNaccommodate – 057-203200503 an open public also plaza 2119 atCenter the corner Street. The building is comprised of a concrete foundation with reinforced *P3a.concrete Description:block masonry (Describe walls. The resource primary and itsentrance major elements. is on Shattuck Include design, Avenue materials, and is markedcondition, by alterations, a projecting size, coveredsetting, and walkway boundaries) on the north end of the west façade. Large, aluminum framed, glazed bays punctuate the west and south facades of the ground floor along ShattuckThis two- story,Avenue reinforced and Center concrete Street bank. These building bays is provide located a at direct the northeast line of sight corner into of the Shattuck bank’s Avenueinterior. andA projecting Center Street clere storyin downtown window Berkeley.box centered The overlarge, the two lobby-story, lights rectangular this space commercial. An aluminum structure frame has ribbon a flat window roof and wraps projecting around eave. the second The building floor along is set bothback the on the parcelShattuck to accommodateand Center facades an open. A seriespublic ofplaza automated at the corner teller .machines The building (ATMs) is comprised are located of aalong concrete the south foundation (Center with Street) reinforced façade. An additionalconcrete block ATM masonryis located walls. near Thethe primaryprimary entranceentrance underis on Shattuckthe covered Avenue walkway. and is(See marked Continuation by a projecting Sheet). covered walkway on the north end of the west façade. Large, aluminum framed, glazed bays punctuate the west and south facades of the ground floor along Shattuck Avenue and Center Street. These bays provide a direct line of sight into the bank’s interior. A projecting clerestory window *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes): HP6: 1-3 Story Commercial *P4.box centeredResources over Present: the lobby X Buildinglights this � spaceStructure. An � aluminum Object � Siteframe � Districtribbon window� Element wraps of District around � the Other second (Isolates, floor etc.) along both the Shattuck and Center facades. A series of automated teller machines (ATMs) are located along the south (Center Street) façade. An additional ATM is located near the primary entrance under the covered walkway. (See ContinuationP5b. Description Sheet). of Photo: (view, date, accession #) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes): HP6: 1-3 Story Commercial Looking NE: March 2015 *P4. Resources Present: X Building � Structure � Object � Site � District � Element of District � Other (Isolates, etc.) *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source:P5b. Description 1972; City of of Photo: Berkeley (view, Building date, accessionPermit #) Looking NE: March 2015 *P7. Owner and Address: *P6.Center Date Street Constructed/AgePartners LLC and Source:c/o Christopher 1972; City Devine, of Berkeley CFO Building PPyramidermit Hotel Group One Post Office Square #3100 *P7.Boston Owner MA 02109 and Address: Center Street Partners LLC *P8.c/o Christopher Recorded Devine,by: (Name, CFO affiliation, and address)Pyramid: Hotel Bridget Group Maley, architectureOne Post Office + history Square, llc #3100 1715Boston Green MA 02109Street P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.) San Francisco CA 94123 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address): Bridget Maley, *P9. Date Recorded: Marcharchitecture 2015 + history , llc 1715 Green Street P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.) San Francisco CA 94123 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Site specific survey *P9. Date Recorded: *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") March 2015 none *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) *Attachments: Building, Structure, and Object Record (BSO) and Continuation Sheet Site specific survey

*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") none

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DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information

State of California C The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#

BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD

*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2129 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, Ca *NRHP Status Code Page 2 of 8

B1. Historic Name: Bank of America & Berkeley National Bank B2. Common Name: Bank of America, Shattuck Branch B3. Original Use: Bank B4. Present Use: Bank *B5. Architectural Style: Modern / Brutalist *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1972; Building Permits – See Continuation Sheet for summary of building permits and alterations. See attachments for Sanborn Map Pages. !! *B7. Moved? X No �Yes �Unknown Date Moved: N/A Original Location: N/A *B8. Related Features: One-story conference room addition at southeast corner.

B9a. Architect: Ostward & Kelly b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Commercial / Banking Area Berkeley, California Period of Significance 1972 Property Type Commercial Applicable Criteria (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.)

This branch of Bank of American was constructed in 1972. The Bank of America was the successor bank to Amadeo Peter (“A.P.”) Giannini’s (1870-1949) Bank of Italy, founded in San Francisco in 1904. The Bank of Italy merged with the smaller Bank of America, Los Angeles in the 1928. In the following few years Giannini unified several additional banks under the name of the “Bank of America of California.” Giannini’s banks continued to make loans to both large and small enterprises, notably the young motion-picture industry. His farm mortgage policies also helped the expansion of agriculture in central and northern California. By the end of World War II, Giannini’s bank, now called the Bank of America, had become the largest and richest privately owned bank in the world. As chairman of this entity, Giannini expanded the bank throughout his tenure, which ended with his death in 1949 (Summarized from Dana, Yeates, & Marquis).

In the 1950s and 60s, Bank of America further expanded and began a campaign to modernize its branches. An example of this is the San Mateo Branch, constructed in 1968, as a memorial to A. P. Giannini, who had been a long-time resident of that Peninsula town. A.P.’s daughter, Claire Giannini Hoffman, served on the board of the Bank of America and conceived the idea of building a memorial branch for her father. This branch was designed by Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons with colorful mosaic murals depicting the life of Giannini (Summarized from ARG, Bank of America San Mateo Evaluation).

The Berkeley Branch of the Bank of America was constructed in 1972 at the corner of Shattuck Ave and Center. It replaced an earlier Bank Building (see continuation sheet for photographs) that had once been Bank of America (labeled such on 1950 Berkeley Sanborn Map) and then subsequently the National Bank of Berkeley. (See Continuation Sheet).

*B12. References: City of Berkeley Building Permits; Sanborn Maps City of Berkeley. Berkeley City Directories; Downtown Berkeley Context Statement; Berkeley History Center at Berkeley Public Library – See Continuation Sheet for Full Bibliography.

B13. Remarks: none

*B14. Evaluator: architecture + history, llc, San Francisco, Ca Bridget Maley

*Date of Evaluation: April 2015

(This space reserved for official comments.)

(Sketch Map with north arrow required.)

DPR 523B (9/2013) *Required information

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*P3a. Description (continued)

There is a one-story brick clad conference room addition at the along the southeast corner. The plaza at the corner of Shattuck and Center is accented by a large planter with retaining wall, which also forms the back of a seating area at the corner of Center and Shattuck. There is a landscaped parking area behind the building to the east.

*B6. Construction History: Summary of Building Permit History

The Bank of America building located at 2129 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley was designed by the firm Kelly and Ostwald and built in 1974. A review of building permits shows very few changes have been made to the original design since 1974. Electrical work, including the installation of automated teller machines (ATM) took place in 1980. This was accompanied by new signage. Permits indicate that from 1983 to 1988 electrical work, new signage, and the construction of a canopy over the ATMs. A series of modifications took place in 1992, including modifications to exiting restrooms for ADA access, an ADA accessible ATM machine, new signage, electrical upgrades, and a new awning over the ATMs. Permit applications from the years 1999 and 2000 indicate the replacement of exterior signs and the addition of florescent signage (City of Berkeley Building Permits).

*B10. Significance (continued)

The Berkeley Bank of America Branch was designed by Ostwald & Kelly Architects in 1972. The firm was active in the Bay Area from 1965 - 1973. The firm’s archive has been donated to the University of California, Berkeley’s Environmental Design Archives, but the collection has not been fully catalogued and is not able to be viewed by the public at this time. The staff of the UCB EDA provided information to architecture + history so that we could develop a summary of the firm’s projects.

John Hans Ostwald, Architect (1913–1973)

John Hans Ostwald was born in Berlin in 1913. He earned a law degree in Vienna and briefly studied at the London School of Economics. In 1933, Ostwald returned to Vienna and enrolled as a student at the Institute of Technology. A year later he moved to Switzerland and continued his architectural studies at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. In 1938, he received his architecture diploma and the following year completed the degree of Doctor in Technical Science. Just before the outbreak of World War II, Ostwald and his wife, Rosemarie, left Germany and moved to the United States, settling in San Francisco in 1939 (Reay & Paret, 11-12). His first position in the United States was working for the well-known modernist architect Richard Neutra and later for the San Francisco firm Anshen + Allen. Ostwald established his own practice in Berkeley in 1945. From 1947 to 1954, he was in partnership with Frederick L. Confer in Oakland, California. During this period he designed many residential projects (Reay & Paret, 14). In 1954, Ostwald returned to private practice and continued to work on private residential commissions, as well as public and civic commissions. In 1965, Ostwald went into partnership with architect E. Paul Kelly (Reay & Paret, 15). Their offices were on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, located in a building of their own design. Ostwald’s major works in Berkeley include the Bancroft Center (2560 Bancroft Way), the South Branch Library (demolished), and many residential projects. His final project, the posthumously built St. John’s Presbyterian Church (2727 College Ave.) was designed in collaboration with his partner E. Paul Kelly. During his lifetime Ostwald designed 97 houses (22 of them in Piedmont), 115 remodels and additions between 1940s and 1973, commercial stores, libraries, and churches. Projects were located in the Bay Area and around Lake Tahoe (Weinstein, 6).

Ostwald was recognized as a Modernist, many of his buildings reflected the International Style with its clean lines, flat roofs, ribbon windows, and minimalist decoration. Although a practitioner of the Modern, Ostwald considered the use of vernacular materials and the needs of his individual clients in the design of his many projects. His buildings often being described as “woodsy, Modern Bay Region Style (Weinstein, 1).”

Active in civic and educational matters in the Bay Area, Ostwald was a member of the Sierra Club and a design lecturer at UC Berkeley Extension and at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design in the mid-1960s. He also participated in the City of Berkeley’s Code Review Committee and was largely responsible for the City’s Sign Ordinance. Ostwald was a member of Berkeley’s Civic Art Commission, and the Design Review Committee, and was a frequent speaker on environmental and educational issues in Berkeley (Samuels, n.p.).

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List of Significant Ostwald Projects: ! Mrs. A. Ostwald House, Berkeley, CA, 1941 ! Kellogg House, Russian River, CA, 1947 ! Bernfeld House, Fairfax, CA 1948 ! Andrew House, Piedmont, CA, 1948 ! May House, Berkeley, CA, 1949 ! Wellerstein House, Berkeley, CA 1950 ! Wienand House, San Francisco, CA, 1950 ! Schumacher House, 1956 ! Spiller Cabin, Squaw Valley, CA, 1957 ! Gilbert House, Oakland, CA, 1958 ! Fong House, Piedmont, CA, 1959 ! Moruza House, Berkeley, CA, 1959 ! Holstein House, Berkeley, CA, 1959 ! McKenna House, Lafayette, CA, 1959 ! Lowenfield House, Berkeley, CA, 1960 ! South Branch Library, Berkeley, CA, 1961 ! Castle House, Piedmont, CA, 1962 ! Joseph Magnin, Stateline, CA, 1963 ! Peret House, Davis, CA, 1963 ! Spiller House, Kent Woodlands, CA, 1963 ! Foley House, Berkeley, CA, 1963 ! Baruch House, Berkeley, CA, 1964 ! Bancroft Center, Berkeley, CA, 1965 ! Popper House, Gstaad, Switzerland, 1965

E. Paul Kelly, Architect (1937-2011)

E. Paul Kelly was a respected and well-liked architect, recognized for many ecclesiastical projects. Additional projects throughout the Bay Area included, houses, libraries, sports facilities (including the Downtown Berkeley YMCA), institutional buildings (including the Contra Costa County Public Works Building), many banks (including the Bank of America and Mechanics Bank in downtown Berkeley), and numerous projects for Kaiser Permanente (including the Napa Medical Center).

Kelly was born on May 24, 1937, in Sandpoint, Idaho. After graduating Sandpoint High School in 1955, Kelly attended Gonzaga University for one year before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley and completing his Architecture degree in 1961. Kelly interned for Hans Ostwald as a student in 1960 and in 1965 joined Ostwald in partnership as Ostwald and Kelly Architects, AIA. Upon Mr. Ostwald’s passing in 1976, the firm was renamed E. Paul Kelly, AIA Architecture/Planning (E. Paul Kelly Obituary, n.p.).

Recognized as a church architect, two of Kelly’s well-known church designs include the Community Presbyterian Church in Danville, CA (1975) and Saint John’s Presbyterian Church in Berkeley (1974), designed with Hans Ostwald. Saint John’s Presbyterian Church was built for the congregation formerly housed in the Julia Morgan designed church across the street (now the Julia Morgan Theater). The church has a strongly expressed structure formed by a large truss along its main axis resting on two freestanding concrete columns (Samuels, n.p.).

Significant Works by Ostwald and Kelly Architects: ! Alameda County Public Works Building, Hayward, CA, 1966 ! Cullen House, Tahoe, CA, 1965 ! Eckstein Cabin, Lake Tahoe, CA, 1965 ! Ski Hut (Remodeling), Berkeley, CA, 1965 ! Rosengren House, Livermore, CA, 1966 ! San Lorenzo Library, San Lorenzo, CA, 1967 ! Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, Davis, CA, 1967 ! Coe House, Tahoe City, CA, 1968 ! West House, Sea Ranch, CA, 1968 ! Imbrie Studio (Addition), Berkeley, CA, 1969 ! Weeks Studio (Addition), Berkeley, CA, 1970

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! Child Care Center, Hunter’s Point, San Francisco, CA, 1972 ! Pinole Library, Pinole, CA, 1974 ! St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, CA, 1975 ! Public Works Building, Alameda County, 1966 ! Various houses, shops, and remodels in Berkeley, Tahoe, and Sea Ranch. ! Berkeley South Branch Library, Berkeley, CA ! Bank of America (formerly the site of Berkeley National Bank), Berkeley, CA, 1974

The Bank of America Branch at 2129 Shattuck Avenue has not been previously surveyed for any historic resource evaluation efforts. It does not appear to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources under any of the four criteria of evaluation at the federal, state or local level of significance. It is not linked to any important events, as it was not built under any special branch programs for the Bank of America. Further, it does not appear to be the work of master architects. While Ostwald & Kelly appear to have been somewhat prolific in their work, this particular structure does not possess exceptional design, features or elements that would rise to a level of significance to justify individual eligibility under NRHP criterion C or CRHR criterion 3. Additionally, no significant individuals have been identified or associated with this branch bank. Further, as the building has not yet reached 50 years in age, it is not eligible under special criteria considerations for resources less than fifty years in age. A resource less than fifty years old may be considered for listing in the California Register if it can be demonstrated that “sufficient time has passed to understand its historical importance.” To be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, a property achieving significance within the past fifty years must be of exceptional importance. It is assumed that any potential historic district identified along Shattuck Avenue would not included resources less than 50 years in age, unless they possess exceptional significance. The building at 2129 Shattuck Avenue does not quality under these special criteria considerations.

The building does not appear to qualify under the City of Berkeley’s Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. A Landmark of Architectural Merit is one that is:

A. Property that is the first, last, only or most significant architectural property of its type in the region; or

B. Properties that are prototypes of or outstanding examples of periods, styles, architectural movements or construction, or examples of the more notable works of the best surviving work in a region of an architect, designer or master builder; or

C. Architectural examples worth preserving for the exceptional values they add as part of the neighborhood fabric.

This building does not qualify under any of these local criteria. Further, the building does not quality as a City of Berkeley Structure of Merit, as it does not possess architectural merit and/or cultural, educational, or historic interest or value. It is not part of a strong neighborhood, block or a street frontage grouping or collection.

As the building is not significant under any of the above criteria, an evaluation of its historic integrity has not been undertaken for this assessment.

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Architectural Resources Group (ARG). Bank of America, 300 South El Camino Real, San Mateo, Historic Resource Evaluation, April 2001.

Bonadio, Felice A. A.P. Giannini: Banker of America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.

Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel. An Architectural Guidebook to the San Francisco Bay Area. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2007.

Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel. Berkeley Landmarks. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 2001.

City of Berkeley Department of Planning and Development – building permit and property records.

Dana, Julian. A.P. Giannini, Giant of the West, New York: Prentice-Hall, 1947.

"Designed For Low Maintenance : [South Branch, Berkeley Public Library, California]." Architectural Record 133.(1963): 166-167. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. (accessed via the internet).

“E. Paul Kelly, Obituary.” San Francisco Chronicle. October 13, 2011.

Forbes, B.C. Men Who Are Making the West. New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Co., 1923.

Gebhard, David. Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1985.

James, Marquis. The Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America. San Francisco: Bank of America Corporate Archives, 1982.

Lowell, Waverly B. Architectural Records in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988.

Markel, Wendy P. Berkeley: Postcard History Series. San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing, 2009.

Pettitt, George A. A History of Berkeley. Berkeley, CA: Alameda County Historical Society, 1976.

"Public Works Building, California." Architect & Building News 1.18 (1967): 853-854. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. (accessed via the internet).

Reay, Donald and Peter Paret. John Hans Ostwald, Architect. Berkeley, CA: John Hans Ostwald Memorial Fund, 1975.

Sanborn Map Company. Fire Insurance Maps of Berkeley, California, 1911, 1929, 1951

Samuels, James. “Johns Hans Ostwald, Architect.” Berkeley Historical Plaque Project. 2013. Accessed March 25, 2015. Website.

Samuels, James. “E. Paul Kelly, Architect.” Berkeley Historical Plaque Project. 2013. Website.

Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780, Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1999.

Woodbridge, Sally. San Francisco Architecture. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.

Yeates, Fred. The Gentle Giant. San Francisco: Bank of America, 1954.

Weinstein, David. “Signature Style: John Hand Ostwald / Modern Ski Chalet / John Hans Ostwald Brought a Touch of Europe to the Bay Area.” San Francisco Chronicle. January 28, 2006.

University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Archives.

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P5b. Photographs (continued)

View from Center Street.

View from intersection of Shattuck and Center looking northwest.

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Above: A postcard of the building that pre-dated the 1972 Bank of America Branch. Below: The building as it is being demolished c. 1971; note the BART station under construction.

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