Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Hearst Memorial Mining Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hearst Mining building in 2005
Location:	Oxford St., Berkeley, California
Coordinates:	37°52′28″N 122°15′22″W
Area:	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built:	1907
Architect:	Howard,John Galen
Architectural style:	Classical Revival
Governing body:	State
MPS:	Berkeley, University of California MRA
NRHP Reference#:	82004646
Added to NRHP:	March 25, 1982

The Hearst Memorial Mining Building at the University of California, Berkeley is currently home to the university's materials science department. The Classical Revival style building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is also designated as part of California Historical Landmark #946. It was the first building on that campus designed by John Galen Howard.

Hearst Mining building interior in 2009

Construction began in 1902, as part of Phoebe Hearst's master campus development plan (see architecture section of UC Berkeley) and in memory of George Hearst, who had been a successful miner.

From 1998 to 2003, the building underwent a massive renovation, expansion, and seismic retrofit, in which a platform was built underneath the building, and a suspension system capable of up to 1 meter lateral travel was installed. To keep the expansion distinct from the historic building, shot peened aluminium (rather than stone) and a more modern design were used in the new construction.

The Lawson Adit - a horizontal mining tunnel - is directly to the east of the building.

External links

• Interior photo & design award