#45 Site of College of California, Oakland

  1. Alameda County

1/5/2025

1/5/2025

3/11/1996

Landmark information

  • Location:
    On Franklin St, near SE corner of Franklin St and 14th St, Oakland.
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque)
  • Site:
    Nothing remains
  • Date First Visited:
    3/11/1996
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    1/5/2025
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 37 48.217, W 122 16.205

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Site of College of California
Original Campus of University of California
University of California, chartered March 23, 1868. Located between Franklin and Harrison, 12th and 14th streets, from 1869 to 1873, using buildings of former College of California, successor to Contra Costa Academy founded by Henry Durant, June 1853. He was elected first university president in June 1870. University moved to present Berkeley site September 1873.