First Unitarian Church of Oakland

First Unitarian Church of Oakland

Infobox_nrhp | name = First Unitarian Church



caption = View of the front of the church, facing southwest.
location = 685 14th Street Oakland, California, USA
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 48
lat_seconds = 23
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 16
long_seconds = 36
long_direction = W
built = 1891
added = June 16, 1977
governing_body = First Unitarian Church of Oakland
The First Unitarian Church of Oakland, in Oakland, California, was designed in 1889 by Walter J. Mathews. This solid masonry Romanesque church departed radically from California's traditional Gothic wood frame construction. Noted for its world-famous stained glass windows produced by Goodhue of Boston, and for arching redwood spans, the widest at that time west of the Rockies, the church remains a significant cultural and architectural landmark.

The building site was purchased in November 1888 from Jane K. Sather, a patron of the University of California. Construction began in 1890 and was completed in September 1891, although it began to be used for various activities while still unfinished. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake damaged the building, but did not destroy it.

The church is listed as California Historical Landmark #896, and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-77000284).

References

*cite web | url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21388 | title=Alameda | work=California Historical Landmarks | publisher=Office of Historical Preservation | accessdate=2005-09-08
*cite web | url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ca2284 | title=First Unitarian Church | work=Historic American Buildings Survey | publisher=National Park Service | accessdate=2006-09-28 | format=data pages


External links

* [http://www.uuoakland.org Church web site]


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