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William W. Riggs

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Girton Hall (Julia Morgan) Historic Structures Report, William Riggs, Mark Hulbert, Steve Finacom Nov 2011

Girton Hall (Julia Morgan) Historic Structures Report, William Riggs, Mark Hulbert, Steve Finacom

William W. Riggs

Historic Structures Report for Girton Hall, the former Senior Women's Hall on the campus of the University of California Berkeley (UCB). The primary purpose for this HSR is to document the history of the subject property, identify historic building significance and make treatment recommendation, all in order to provide and disseminate such information to those responsible for future projects that would affect the future property. Girton Hall was designed and constructed in 1911 to provide a meeting and social hall dedicated to women students and their activities. It served those purposes, in a waning capacity, between 1911 and 1969, when …


Alumni House (Mayhew, Vaughn & Halprin) Historic Structure Report, William Riggs, Frederic Knapp, Steve Finacom, Chris Verplanck Sep 2011

Alumni House (Mayhew, Vaughn & Halprin) Historic Structure Report, William Riggs, Frederic Knapp, Steve Finacom, Chris Verplanck

William W. Riggs

Designed by architect Clarence W. Mayhew, with the landscape design by H. Leland Vaughn and Lawrence Halprin, Alumni House was constructed in 1953-54 on the south bank of Strawberry Creek, immediately west of the site of the proposed California Student Center. Described as a “home on the campus,” Alumni House was designed for the use of the California Alumni Association (CAA) as a gathering place for returning University of California alumni, as well as an office building for employees of the CAA. This HSR documents the history, existing conditions, and character defining features of this building and its landscaping, as …