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37-468: Seldon Roane Williams and Elizabeth Glide were married on April 24, 1913, at her mother's apartments in Cloyne Court Hotel . Glide came from a prominent Sacramento family, while Williams was originally from Lebanon, Tennessee ; the society news article announcing their wedding stated "he will make a home for his bride after the conclusion of their honeymoon." The home at 2821 Claremont Boulevard

74-416: A dozen bands in a single evening, commonly using two separate stages, though sometimes as many as four: the dining room, the lib-ed room, the basement, and the courtyard. Charles Hitch Charles J. Hitch (January 9, 1910 – September 11, 1995) was an American economist and Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1965. He later served as vice chancellor (1965–1967) and president (1967–1975) of

111-472: A great window with Gothic tracery ... looks out on a garden courtyard. ... Ornament is pervasive [and] the circulation in this building makes it convenient for moving and serving large crowds". The frescoes at the entrance and courtyard were painted by Maxine Albro . There is a ceramic wreath by Andrea della Robbia in the entrance hall, which had been purchased for the house by Julia Morgan in Italy. After it

148-463: A large entrance hall and a layout facilitating the circulation of guests in a loop through the main rooms, in contrast to the UC President's residence at the time, Blake House, which had to be modified for that purpose. As Sara Boutelle , Morgan's biographer, writes, "when the heavy front door opens, it seems to invite a procession: the spacious living hall ... leads the eye up to a landing, where

185-456: A leased house since March 1970. Rowlands arranged for a tour of the house with Richard Hartsook, UC's real estate officer, and Robert Evans, the UC architect; Evans did not make any written notes during the walkthrough but told Rowlands as they were leaving "That is a distinguished house", expressing admiration for the decorations and scale. Barron called Rowlands on October 26, urging him to purchase

222-465: A library, a makerspace / hackerspace (a rare case where members can both hack and live in the same building), and many lectures given by guest lecturers and members themselves. A common practice is also informal visits of UC Berkeley professors at communal dinners, allowing members to get to know them through a less formal setting. An example of a UC Berkeley faculty member visiting Cloyne is popular EECS professor John DeNero, who regularly presented about

259-581: A steam boiler that had to be replaced, the price was as high as could be." Barron solicited interest from groups that might have been interested in historical preservation, including the Berkeley Civic Art Commission , the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and professor emeritus Michael Goodman, a former colleague of Morgan. Shortly afterward, Barron was contacted by Kirk Rowlands, assistant to

296-660: Is a historical landmark in Berkeley , California and currently one of the houses of the Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC) , a student housing cooperative . It is located at the north side of the University of California, Berkeley campus at 2600 Ridge Road, near Soda Hall and Jacobs Hall , and is the next door neighbor of the Goldman School of Public Policy . The building is owned by

333-464: Is owned by, and leased on University of California land, only UC students are eligible as residents. Despite its size the house is student-run and student-governed. Members contribute 5 hours of workshift per week each for various tasks needed for the operation of the house: cooking, cleaning, house maintenance, gardening, etc. Since July 2005, a facility manager employed by the students and the BSC lives on

370-720: The Regents of the University of California . Cloyne Court was named after Cloyne , the village in Ireland where George Berkeley was bishop. Cloyne was built in 1904 for $ 80,000 by the University Land and Improvement Company , which included several University professors, University benefactresses Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Jane K. Sather , future Regent James K. Moffit, Dr. Louis Lisser, John L. Howard, Warren Olney, Dr. Kasper Pishel, Louis Titus, John Galen Howard ,

407-526: The University Students' Cooperative Association (today BSC) for $ 125,000. That year, 15 men occupied the new co-op house alongside the previous residents, whom the USCA had agreed to not displace but rather to allow to continue to live in the residence. Cloyne originally housed all men who often held dances and dined with the women of nearby Stebbins Hall and Hoyt Hall , both all-female co-ops at

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444-625: The University of California and president of Resources for the Future (1975-1978). Hitch was born in Boonville, Missouri to Arthur M. Hitch and Bertha Johnston. His brother was Thomas Kemper Hitch. He was educated at Kemper Military School before leaving for the University of Arizona , where he became a member of the Delta Chi fraternity and received a BA in economics in 1931. After pursuing graduate studies at Harvard University during

481-763: The War Production Board . He later served in the Office of Strategic Services as an officer of the United States Army and was discharged at the rank of first lieutenant in 1945. Between 1948 and 1961, he was head of Rand Corporation 's Economics Division in Santa Monica, California . While at Rand, he co-authored with Roland McKean The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age ( [1] , Harvard University Press , 1960), described by

518-496: The 1931–1932 academic year, he received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University , where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1935 and the Oxbridge MA in 1938. That year, he became the first Rhodes Scholar to join the university's faculty as a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford . During World War II , Hitch served as a staff economist under W. Averell Harriman during his special envoyship to Europe before joining

555-508: The Italian furnishings to the University of California. Barron first enquired if Williams would donate it to the city of Berkeley's Civic Art Foundation along with an endowment to pay for its upkeep, suggesting that as she was a real estate agent, she would be happy to sell the house instead. Williams, who had fallen and broken her hip, had delegated her legal affairs to her nephew, Joseph Henry Glide, Jr., who told Barron that Williams had donated

592-576: The Morgan-designed Hearst residence at San Simeon while returning from a trip to San Diego over the Labor Day weekend in 1970 and upon passing by the home at 2821 Claremont, she told him "Gilbert, that's the best Julia Morgan there is. It's better than anything at San Simeon." She later learned from Morgan's nephew that Julia considered it one of her best works. Shortly before Elizabeth Williams died in 1970, she agreed to sell it and

629-630: The New York Times as the 'bible' for defense budgeting. He was awarded the UCSF medal in 1975. As the DOD's comptroller, he was directed by Secretary Robert McNamara to produce a long-term, program-oriented Defense budget that became USDOD 's Planning, Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS). He was posthumously elected to the 2002 class of Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and

666-594: The President of the University of California (UC). According to Rowlands, who also was a Claremont resident that had long admired the home, the rector of St. Clement's Episcopal Church pulled him aside after a Sunday service in September 1970 to inform him that Barron had an exclusive listing on the property and suggested that UC may be interested. As it turned out, UC was seeking an official residence for its vice president, Chester O. McCorkle , who had been living in

703-594: The University of California agreed to purchase the house on January 22, 1971. UC would use the home as the Vice President's residence and for official functions until 1991. The cost of purchasing and remodeling the Williams home was criticized by Pete Stark in February 1971, who decried the "hypocrisy of a university system which pleads that it can't afford to help minority youth get a higher education while at

740-496: The agreement that Cloyne would dramatically change. From Fall 2014, Cloyne became the substance-free house of the BSC system. Prior members were forced to leave, but one member was allowed to stay after appeal. Cloyne is the largest non-apartment style property in the BSC, the largest housing co-op organization in North America . Cloyne houses 140 UC Berkeley students (119 during summer), mostly undergraduates. Because it

777-416: The architect of the building and James M. Pierce, the later owner of the hotel. The building, described as a "high-class, modern apartment house," originally contained 32 suites, each with bath, that were not connected by common hallways, but rather were paired onto private stairways to the first floor public areas. Each section was separated by heavy brick firewalls with automatic fireproof doors and each suite

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814-495: The highest level of craftsmanship to achieve the desired historic effect for her clients. ... Upon entering the Seldon Williams House, visitors are overwhelmed by the beauty, elegance, and warmth this residence radiates." The street facade is symmetric, featuring seven shuttered windows on the second floor; the central window has a wrought-iron balcony above the main door. The house was designed for entertaining, with

851-460: The hotel from the investors and managed it from its opening in 1904 until 1914. The family continued operating the hotel until it was sold in 1946. The services and hospitality at Cloyne Court were always highly complimented by the many visitors who had the pleasure of staying at the hotel. Registered compliments in the hotel guest book include: Cloyne Court was sold by the Pierce family in 1946 to

888-514: The house to the Christian Jews in her will; Glide later agreed to list the property with Barron. After approximately six weeks of cleaning and repainting the upstairs bedroom where Williams had been living, the house was listed for US$ 125,000 (equivalent to $ 980,000 in 2023); Barron later recounted "it was a Julia Morgan and truly a beauty. But also considering that there were cracks, an antique kitchen, an almost unusable narrow driveway,

925-463: The house was complete and Elizabeth lived a reclusive life upstairs, closing most of the house and covering the furniture. In the upstairs master suite where Williams lived, she used the fireplace for heat and sometimes forgot to open the flue; as Norma Willer later recalled, "I don't know what she burned but [...] it was a dark cave [when we inspected it for the University in 1971]." During World War II, Catherine Freeman Nimitz , wife of Chester Nimitz ,

962-479: The house would be livable but did not undertake drastic renovations. With their three sons grown, the Kibbys listed the house for sale in 2003 at nearly US$ 4 million. The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association gave a preservation award to the Kibbys in 2011 for their restoration, declaring "the house has come to life, opening its doors to a constant stream of guests, realizing the gracious potential for which it

999-489: The house, as Williams health was failing. Rowlands was authorized by UC President Charles Hitch to put up US$ 1,000 to secure a 90-day option to purchase the property, which Hitch preferred calling the Julia Morgan House. UC placed an offer of US$ 100,000 (equivalent to $ 780,000 in 2023) using funds raised from private donors. Williams accepted the offer on October 27 and died the next morning. The Regents of

1036-663: The joys of data for many semesters. The house is known for its murals covering many of its internal walls. Murals have been made through years by members residing in the house. Cloyne has played a notable role in the Bay Area music scene. The bands No Doubt , Elliott Smith , Green Day , Operation Ivy , The Offspring , Rancid , Primus , 24-7 Spyz , Save Ferris , Skankin' Pickle , The Mr. T Experience , Two Gallants , Blüchunks and Rilo Kiley played at Cloyne before becoming well known. The house also hosted several lesser-known bands during its many events, presenting as many as

1073-433: The premises to help with day-to-day operations of the house. Every weekday and on Sundays members cook a communal dinner, and on Saturdays there is a communal brunch. House's council, house's governing body where all members democratically make decisions pertaining the house, meets every Sunday. As the academic theme house of the BSC system, Cloyne has an increased number of studious spaces and lectures, including study rooms,

1110-454: The same time it buys plush mansions for its rank-and-file administrators." In 1991, Turner and Elizabeth Kibby purchased the house from UC, having lost their previous home, designed by William Wurster , in the 1991 Oakland Hills fire . Turner Kibby described their role as stewards: "No one can 'own' a house like this. This is really a public trust. It is our duty to take care of it for those that come after us"; they made minor updates to ensure

1147-638: The time. In 1972, Cloyne Court became a co-ed house. In 1970, the USCA was forced to sell the property to the Regents of the University of California, upon the threat of an eminent domain acquisition by the University, in exchange for a peppercorn lease, most recently renewed in July 2005. The building was named a City of Berkeley Landmark in 1982, and placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. On December 21, 2008, Cloyne Court

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1184-598: Was closed temporarily for earthquake renovations. It reopened at the beginning of the Fall 2009 semester. Cloyne's reputation for its party and rules-free culture became a problem for the entire organization when in 2010 John Gibson, then a 21-year-old resident, suffered extensive brain damage and lapsed into a coma, reportedly as a result of a cocaine overdose , in his room. A lawsuit followed his hospitalization, his family claiming his fellow housemates failed to call 911 in time to assist him. The BSC settled with his family with

1221-514: Was designed by Julia Morgan for the Williams. Elizabeth was one of the daughters of wealthy philanthropist Lizzie Glide (namesake of Glide Memorial Church ), and this house was one of several commissions undertaken by Morgan for the Glide family. Morgan's nephew Morgan North had a contract to photograph the house once a week during its construction. Although the house was designed for the Williams couple to entertain guests, Seldon Williams died soon after

1258-532: Was living in the Claremont neighborhood; she overheard that an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested the butler and maid as German agents. According to Mary Grace Barron, a Claremont neighborhood resident and the real estate agent who would later handle its sale, "it was the 'dream house' of many [passersby] who speculated about its mysterious owner." Barron and her husband had stopped by

1295-728: Was originally designed by Julia Morgan." In 2022, UC repurchased the house in Berkeley for $ 6.5 million, to serve as the UC president's official residence. The house at 2821 Claremont was designed contemporaneously with the Hearst residence at San Simeon. According to the AIA nomination for the Gold Medal awarded to Morgan in 2014, it is "one of Julia Morgan's finest [Renaissance] Period Revival residences ... [displaying] Morgan's skill at incorporating authentic period details carried out with

1332-544: Was purchased by UC in 1971, Norma Willer supervised the renovations to update the kitchen appliances and layout, which was the sole major update to the interior. An acoustic ceiling was added in the study and dining room; according to Willer, "the din just becomes deafening" with crowds talking. UC also added a wine cellar and replaced the furnace, but the space for the wine cellar already existed. # denotes an acting or interim president Cloyne Court Hotel The Cloyne Court Hotel , often referred to simply as Cloyne ,

1369-446: Was wired for telephone. In 1911, the music room (today called lib-ed room) was added to the building, directly opposite the main entrance, which hosted numerous lectures and music recitals. The building was one of a rare few to survive the devastating 1923 Berkeley fire , remarkable also because the building is made of redwood and all of the buildings had (and still have) wood shake siding and roofs. Pierce and his family purchased

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