Name/Title
First Presbyterian ChurchEntry/Object ID
1978.001.5033Description
First Presbyterian Church, 1960s
First Pres was founded the day before the incorporation of the city of Berkeley, on March 31, 1878, by 27 individuals wishing to minister to the budding university community. As the town and gown of Berkeley grew, so did the church. In 1902, the congregation purchased the current lot, at the corner of Dana and Channing, and built a sanctuary to seat 1,200 when church membership at the time was about 500. In the 1960s, attendance dwindled when the church found itself in the midst of a cultural and literal battleground. When the sanctuary was declared unsafe by the fire department in 1971, First Pres made a conscious decision not to leave the contentious streets where rioters were breaking windows, but to live out its mission on this very corner of Dana and Channing. A new sanctuary was built, lined with glass windows in order to be open and visible to the community.
http://www.fpcberkeley.org/history.asp
SE Cor Channing and DanaMade/Created
Date made
circa 1960 - circa 1969Place
* Untyped Place
Channing WayLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
"Church Buildings"
