Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1908/11/29 | UC Berkeley Library | Work | On Thanksgiving Day, the cornerstone for Doe Library is laid. In 1904, San Francisco lumberman and bibliophile, Charles Franklin Doe, bequeathed $779,000 for the construction. However, construction was delayed by the 1906 earthquake. | |||
1911/00/00 | John Galen Howard | Architect | Lobby and Loan Hall (north wing) of the Doe Memorial Library is completed. | |||
1917/00/00 | The Library of French Thought, a collection assembled for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, is given to Cal State by the French government, and opens in its own space in Doe Library. | Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco | ||||
1928/00/00 | Walter H Ratcliff Jr | Architect | Morrison Memorial Library reading room opens at Doe Library. |
Particulars for Doe Memorial Library: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Higher Learning | College |
Area of Significance | Education |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
Owner | State |
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