Good Shepherd Church, Berkeley

Name: Good Shepherd Church
Address: 1823 Ninth Street, Berkeley, 94710-2102, United States
Telephone: +1 510-549-1433

#36 among attractions in Berkeley

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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church building located at 1001 Hearst Street at Ninth Street in Berkeley, California. Built in 1878, it was designed in the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture by architect Charles L. Bugbee who was associated with his father Samuel C. Bugbee in the San Francisco firm of S. C. Bugbee & Son. Charles L. Bugbee patterned it after the Carpenter Gothic style Mendocino Presbyterian Church, which the firm had designed in 1867. While all of the Mendocino church's exterior walls are of board and batten siding, only the upper walls of Good Shepherd are board and batten while the lower walls are of Dutch lap weatherboarding. Both churches feature tall side-entrance bell towers, steep gabled roofs and lancet windows, but according to writer Daniella Thompson: "...the Church of the Good Shepherd is considerably more ornate and playful than its severe Presbyterian model,..." On December 15, 1975 Good Shepherd became the second building in Berkeley to be named an Historic Landmark. On December 1, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal. ()

Built: 1878 (146 years ago)Coordinates: 37°52'13"N, 122°17'42"W

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1823 Ninth StreetBerkeley (West Berkeley)Berkeley 94710-2102 United States

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+1 510-549-1433

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Good Shepherd Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: 924 Gilman, Berkeley Marina, Adventure Playground, Golden Gate Fields.

0.7 miN
Dancing, Nightlife
924 Gilman, Berkeley
18 min walk • The Alternative Music Foundation located at 924 Gilman Street, often referred to by its fans simply as "Gilman", is a non-profit, all-ages, collectively organized music club.
1 miW
Sailing, Marina
Berkeley Marina, Berkeley
26 min walk • The Berkeley Marina is the westernmost portion of the city of Berkeley, California, located west of the Eastshore Freeway at the foot of University Avenue on San Francisco Bay.
1.2 miSW
Park
Adventure Playground, Berkeley
30 min walk • Adventure Playground is an urban park and adventure playground in Berkeley, California, located at the Berkeley Marina. The park opened in 1979 based on the ideas of Danish architect Carl Theodor Sørensen, who had made use of scrap junkyards for playgrounds when Copenhagen was under occupation during World War II.
1.3 miNW
Destination for horse racing and dining
Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley
35 min walk • Golden Gate Fields is an American horse racing track straddling both Albany, California and Berkeley, California along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay adjacent to the Eastshore Freeway in the San Francisco Bay Area.
0.7 miW
Park, Regional park
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park, Berkeley
19 min walk • McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is a state park and wildlife refuge along the San Francisco Bay shoreline of the East Bay between the cities of Richmond, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland.
0.9 miE
Park
Ohlone Park, Berkeley
25 min walk • Ohlone Park is a public linear park in the city of Berkeley, California, United States. Directly underground is the subway used by the Bay Area Rapid Transit Richmond–Millbrae + SFO Line and Berryessa/North San José–Richmond Line.
0.9 miS
Park, Lake
Aquatic Park, Berkeley
25 min walk • Aquatic Park is a public park in Berkeley, California, United States, located just east of the Eastshore Freeway between Ashby and University Avenues.
1.3 miN
37°53'18"N • 122°17'20"W
Berkeley Buddhist Priory, Berkeley
33 min walk • Temple
1.3 miNE
Park
Edible Schoolyard, Berkeley
35 min walk • The Edible Schoolyard is a 1-acre garden and kitchen program at the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, a public middle school in Berkeley, California.
1 miE
Synagogue
Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley
25 min walk • Congregation Beth Israel is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Berkeley, California. Established in 1924 as the Berkeley Hebrew Center, it traces its origins to the First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley, founded in 1909.
0.6 miSW
Bridge
Berkeley I-80 bridge, Berkeley
16 min walk • The Berkeley I-80 bridge also known as the University Avenue pedestrian bridge and the Berkeley Marina overpass is a 15-foot-wide bridge spanning the Eastshore Freeway in Berkeley, California. It forms part of the San Francisco Bay Trail.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Good Shepherd Church?

Nearby attractions include West Berkeley, Berkeley (12 min walk), Berkeley I-80 bridge, Berkeley (16 min walk), Schoolhouse Creek, Berkeley (16 min walk), McLaughlin Eastshore State Park, Berkeley (19 min walk).

How to get to Good Shepherd Church by public transport?

The nearest stations to Good Shepherd Church:

Bus

University Avenue & 9th Street • Lines: 51B, 802, Fs, G (3 min walk)
San Pablo Avenue & Delaware Street • Lines: 72, 72M, 800, G (5 min walk)

Train

Berkeley (10 min walk)

Metro

North Berkeley • Lines: Orange, Red (18 min walk)