Berkeley, a Look Back: 1926 school board votes to sell Kellogg building

"A century ago, the Berkeley school board hired a professor from Stanford in January 1926 to conduct a through investigation of the physical needs of the public school system in town, the Berkeley Daily Gazette reported that month. A Berkeley public school era was coming to an end that same month when the school board voted to sell Berkeley's original school building, a two-story wooden structure located on Allston Way between Shattuck Avenue and Oxford Street. The school had been"

"built in 1879, financed with a loan from five Berkeley businessmen. It was called the Kellogg School, honoring Martin Kellogg, an early University of California president and Berkeley school board member. The property use was soon expanded to include Berkeley High School"

"of Arts & Crafts. However, the school district was finally willing to let the property go in 1926. Ferry denied: On Jan. 25, 1926, the state Railroad Commission unanimously denied an application from the Golden Gate Ferry Co. to establish a car ferry between the Berkeley waterfront and San Francisco. The commissioners said that existing transit companies already provided adequate service between the two bayside cities. The ferry company asked for another hearing, with the"

Berkeley school officials in January 1926 hired a Stanford professor to investigate the physical needs of the public school system. The school board voted to sell the original Kellogg School, a two-story wooden building built in 1879 that later housed Berkeley High School and the California School of Arts & Crafts, and put the property on the market in 1926. On Jan. 25, 1926, the state Railroad Commission unanimously denied the Golden Gate Ferry Co.'s application for a Berkeley–San Francisco car ferry, citing adequate existing transit. Plans to relocate a Southern Pacific spur on Shattuck Avenue provoked heated local debate.

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