Art History 164
Romanesque Architecture
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Winter 2000
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Guides
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Some Buildings in the Bay Area with Reminiscences, However Slight,
of Romanesque Art
compiled from David Gebhard et al. (Gebhard-Woodbridge guide),
A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California
(Peregrine Smith, Inc.)
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Santa Cruz, former County Bank, Cooper and Pacific, c. 1890
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(now stores, e.g., Pacific Wave Surf and Snow)
Los Gatos, Fretwell Building, Main and University, c. 1890
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San Jose Art Museum, Market and San Fernando, 1892 (built as Post
Office)
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Letitia Building, 66-72 S. 1st Street, 1890
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Southern Pacific Station, with Lombard bands
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Stanford University, Quadrangle, 1891, Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge;
Frederick Law
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Olmsted, Landscape artchitect
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Memorial Church, 1903, partially rebuilt after the earthquake, 1913,
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Charles Allerton Coolidge, C. E. Hodges
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Chemistry Building, 1902, C. E. Hodges
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Encina Hall, 1891, Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge (extensive fire
damage, 1972)
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earlier brick barn, with Lombard bands, near Quarry & Welch Roads
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Oakland, First Church of Christ Scientist, 17th and Franklin Streets,
1902,
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Henry A. Schultze
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Alameda, First Congregational Church, Central Avenue and Chestnut,
1904, Daniel F. Oliver
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City Hall, Santa Clara and Oak, 1896 (mixed with Gothic)
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Berkeley, First Church of Christ Scientist, Dwight Way and Bowditch
Street, 1910,
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Bernard Maybeck, one of the foremost California architects. Open
Sundays, or call ahead.
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San Francisco, St. Anne's, 850 Judah
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(facade à la St-Gilles (Provence) interior Italian Romanesque
with a barrel vault)
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St. Brigid's, Broadway and Van Ness (Italian basilican mode)
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First Unitarian Church, Franklin and Geary, 1888 (mixed with Gothic)
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Park Headquarters, Golden Gate Park, John F. Kennedy Drive near
Stanyan, 1896,
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E. R. Swain
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Children's House, Golden Gate Park, near South and Kezar Drives, 1885,
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Percy and Hamilton
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(140 Maiden Lane, 1949, Frank Lloyd Wright,
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originally V. C. Morris Gift Shop--exterior has reminiscences of
Romanesque)
Sonoma, City Hall, Sonoma Plaza facing Broadway, 1906, H. C. Lutgens

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