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Corder Building

1900 establishments in CaliforniaCommercial buildings completed in 1900Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in CaliforniaNational Register of Historic Places in Berkeley, California
Corder Building (Berkeley, CA)
Corder Building (Berkeley, CA)

Corder Building, is a historical English Cottage building in downtown Berkeley, California. The Corder brick building was built in 1900. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1982. The Classical revival building was designed by James W. Plachek. James W. Plachek designed a number of other buildings in Berkeley, including: Berkeley Public Library, New Hotel Carquinez, UC Theatre, Chamber of Commerce Building, schools, and civic buildings. Architect James W. Plachek office was is the Heywood Building. he Corder Building has been updated and is now the Shattuck Apartments on the upper floors and a pharmacy on the ground floor.

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Corder Building
Bancroft Way, Berkeley

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Corder Building

Bancroft Way
94701 Berkeley
California, United States
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United States Post Office (Berkeley, California)
United States Post Office (Berkeley, California)

The U.S. Post Office, also known as the Berkeley Main Post Office, is a local branch of the United States Postal Service. The building, located at 2000 Allston Way Berkeley, California, was built in 1914-15.The building has been described as a "free adaptation of Brunelleschi's Foundling Hospital." Designed in the Second Renaissance Revival style, the front of the building features terra cotta arches supported by plain tuscan columns.The Post Office is within the Civic Center Historic District, a five block area listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district is a locally significant ensemble of harmoniously planned civic buildings that retains a high degree of integrity since achieving significance in 1950. The post office, along with the "Old" City Hall (1909) in the Beaux-Arts style, is among the earliest and the most decorative of the thirteen buildings in the district.The architect is unknown but Oscar Wenderoth is listed on the cornerstone as he was director of the Office of the Supervising Architect that designed this and many other federal government buildings. The floor space doubled with the completion of the annex in 1932. A few years later, the Treasury Relief Art Project commissioned a sculpture and a mural for the lobby. Both are well-preserved examples of the styles, subjects and dominant themes of New Deal Art. The post office was designated Berkeley Landmark No. 38 on June 16, 1980 by the Landmarks Preservation Commission and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1981.