United States historic place
Sather Gate
is a prominent landmark separating
Sproul Plaza
from the bridge over
Strawberry Creek
, leading to the center of the
University of California, Berkeley
campus. The
gate
was donated by
Jane K. Sather
, a benefactor of the university, in memory of her late husband
Peder Sather
, a trustee of the
College of California
, which later became the University of California. It is
California Historical Landmark
No. 946
[3]
and No. 82004649 in the
National Register of Historic Places
.
History
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Sather Gate with its metalwork removed in November 2008
Grey granite campana urn with oak and laurel leaves victor ludorum carving
c.
1908
on the Sather Gate at UC Berkeley
Designed by
John Galen Howard
and built by Giovanni "John" Meneghetti in the
Classical Revival
Beaux-Arts
style, Sather Gate was completed in 1910. Atop the gate are eight panels of bas-relief figures: four nude men representing the disciplines of law, letters, medicine, and mining, and four nude women representing the disciplines of agriculture, architecture, art, and electricity. They were sculpted by Professor
Earl Cummings
. From 1910 to 1977, the panels were removed due to differences with Jane Sather. By 1979 they were all reinstalled.
[4]
Originally, the gate served as the formal southern entrance to the university campus. The university later expanded further south of Strawberry Creek, and the gate is now well separated from
Berkeley
's city streets by Sproul Plaza.
Between October 2008 and April 2009, Sather Gate underwent restoration that focused on its bronze and steel metal work, which had deteriorated over time. It remained open to pedestrian and vehicular traffic during the period of restoration.
[5]
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
, coordinated the restoration, which received a 2010 Design Award from the California Preservation Foundation.
[6]
Free Speech Movement
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Sather Gate is part of the historic
Sproul Plaza
, a major center for student activity and the scene of many protests during the
Free Speech Movement
. The gate is a notable subject of one of the most recognizable and iconic photographs of the Movement, a fall 1964 shot of students walking through it, carrying the Free Speech banner.
[7]
References
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"National Register Information System ? (#82004649)"
.
National Register of Historic Places
.
National Park Service
. March 13, 2009.
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"Berkeley Landmarks"
. Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association
. Retrieved
March 4,
2013
.
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"University of California, Berkeley Campus"
. Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks
. Retrieved
March 30,
2012
.
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Stein, Ken (October 22, 2008).
"Sather Gate's checkered past"
.
The San Francisco Chronicle
.
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Anwar, Yasmin (October 6, 2008).
"Iconic Sather Gate to be restored to its former majesty"
. University of California.
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King, John (August 17, 2010).
"Architects honored for various Bay Area works"
.
The San Francisco Chronicle
.
- ^
Stephens, Elizabeth.
"Free Speech Movement Archival Collection Guides"
. Bancroft.berkeley.edu
. Retrieved
May 23,
2018
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