Berkeley Piano Club

The Berkeley Piano Club was founded in 1893 by Berkeley women.[1] In 1912 the club built a clubhouse designed by William L. Woollett with an internationally known performance space.[2] It was designated by the city as a Berkeley Landmark in 2005.[3] The designation also includes the house, final home of John Galen Howard (his wife was club president from 1911–1913),[1] in an upstairs workshop of which a trigger was designed for the atomic bomb by a Manhattan Project scientist.[4] The landmark designation made the property eligible for state funding and a restoration was also completed in 2005.[4]

Nicolas Slonimsky lectured at the clubhouse in 1971.[5]

The club published a history for its centennial, The Berkeley Piano Club: One Hundred Years of Harmony by Mary F. Commanday.

References
  1. "Berkeley Historical Plaque Project".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2013-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Berkeley Landmarks :: 2005 Designations".
  4. "Bombs Fly During Heated Landmarks Meeting" by Richard Brenneman, Berkeley Daily Planet March 11, 2005. Accessed June 23, 2013.
  5. "Berkeley Landmarks :: 2005 Designations".

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