Francis Kittredge Shattuck Building
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK
designated in 1995
FRANCIS KITTREDGE SHATTUCK BUILDING
Stone and Smith, Architects, 1901
Jim Novosel: The Bay Architects, 1998
Berkeley’s transit pattern was established in 1876 when Francis Kittredge Shattuck and James L. Barker
brought a spur line of the Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) Railroad from Oakland into downtown
Berkeley. By the time Berkeley was incorporated in 1878, Shattuck Avenue was its main street and
Berkeley Station, across the street from this site, was the hub of the downtown.
This building, on the northeast corner of the Shattuck family’s property, was the first masonry
structure on Shattuck Avenue. It ushered in the transformation from pioneer-era wood-frame
buildings to today’s more substantial masonry buildings. Its interior included professional
offices and a meeting hall for the Native Sons of the Golden West.
The corner turret and ground floor storefronts were restored in 1998
when developer Avi Nevo also added a mansard-style fourth floor.
Berkeley Historical Plaque Project
1998