Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (Berkeley, California)
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| Location | 1001 Hearst St. at Ninth St., Berkeley, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°52′13″N 122°17′37″W / 37.87028°N 122.29361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1878 |
| Architect | architect: Charles L. Bugbee; builder: G. W. French |
| Architectural style | Gothic, Victorian Carpenter Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003361[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 01, 1986 |
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church building located at 1001 Hearst Street at Ninth Street (1823 Ninth Street) in Berkeley, California. Built in 1878, it was designed in the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture by architect Charles L. Bugbee who was associated with his father Samuel C. Bugbee in the San Francisco firm of S. C. Bugbee & Son.[2] Charles L. Bugbee patterned it after the Carpenter Gothic style Mendocino Presbyterian Church, which the firm had designed in 1867. While all of the Mendocino church's exterior walls are of board and batten siding, only the upper walls of Good Shepherd are board and batten while the lower walls are of Dutch lap weatherboarding. Both churches feature tall side-entrance bell towers, steep gabled roofs and lancet windows, but according to writer Daniella Thompson: "...the Church of the Good Shepherd is considerably more ornate and playful than its severe Presbyterian model, ..."[3] On December 15, 1975 Good Shepherd became the second building in Berkeley to be named an Historic Landmark. On December 1, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal. [1][3][4][5]
Current status
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of California. The current priest-in-charge is the Reverend Este Gardner Cantor.[6][7] It's associate pastor is the well-known theologian William Countryman.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 1877 San Francisco City Directory, p. 232
- ^ a b Thompson, Daniella, Berkeley Heritage: Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal
- ^ Historical Marker Database: Church of the Good Shepherd
- ^ Thompson, Daniella (2006-11-17). "East Bay Then and Now: This West Berkeley Landmark Is a Proud Survivor". The Berkeley Daily Planet. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ^ Episcopal Church Directory: Church of the Good Shepherd
- ^ Church of the Good Shepherd website
- ^ Leadership page of Good Shepherd church
- ^ William Countryman's webpage
External links
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in California
- Episcopal church buildings in California
- Churches completed in 1878
- 19th-century Episcopal church buildings
- Buildings and structures in Berkeley, California
- National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley, California