Bacon Hall, University of California

Name/Title

Bacon Hall, University of California

Entry/Object ID

1978.001.1995

Description

BACON HALL (1911–61); formerly BACON ART AND LIBRARY BUILDING (1881–1911) First library building; art gallery occupied third floor; library moved to new building (1911); remodeled, renamed, and occupied by Depts. of Geology and Geography; clock tower removed (1925) as earthquake hazard; included addition, 1902 (John Galen Howard, arch.); razed (1961) to clear site for Birge Hall; named for Henry Douglas Bacon, who donated his library plus half the funds for construction.

Made/Created

Date made

1910

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

"Buildings"

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

224-191-1995

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

5 in

Location

Other

Photograph collection

Provenance

Notes

L.L.Stein