National Register of Historic Places

Doe Memorial Library

Berkeley, Alameda County, California
Listed
March 25, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82004639

About this property

The Doe Memorial Library is the main library of the University of California, Berkeley Library System. The library is named after its benefactor, Charles Franklin Doe, who in 1904 bequeathed funds for its construction. It is located near the center of the Berkeley campus, facing Memorial Glade, and is adjacent to and physically connected with the Bancroft Library. In 1900, Émile Bénard won an architectural competition for the design of the library, and the Neoclassical-style building was completed in 1911. The Doe Library building is the gateway to the underground Gardner (Main) Stacks, named in honor of David P. Gardner, the 15th President of the University of California. The library is home to the Mark Twain Papers, an extensive collection of the private manuscripts, sketches, essays, poems, notes, photographs and letters of Samuel Clemens’ works as Twain. At the library's entrance is a statue of Clemens holding a copy of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, sculpted by Gary Lee Price. The statue is commonly mistaken for Albert Einstein, with whom Twain shared a likeness.

Location

Berkeley, Alameda County, California
37.87227, -122.25937

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Doe Memorial Library listed on the National Register?

Doe Memorial Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Doe Memorial Library?

Doe Memorial Library is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Doe Memorial Library?

The period of significance for Doe Memorial Library is recorded as the industrial era.

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