Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses

Designers: Howard, John Galen, Architect (firm); John Galen Howard (architect)

Dates: constructed 1902-1903, demolished 1923

2 stories

2421 Ridge Road
Northside, Berkeley, CA 94709

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Overview

This was the first residence of the Easterners John Galen and Mary Bradbury Howard in Berkeley, built in 1902-1903. In his early days in the city, Howard designed three nearby buildings on Ridge Road: his own house at 2421, Cloyne Court Hotel at 2420 (1904) and the Adolph Miller House at 2600 (1902-1903). His own residence lasted for twenty years before burning in a catastrophic fire in the city in 1923.

Demolition

The first house of John Galen and Mary Bradbury Howard burned in the Berkeley Firestorm of 09/17/1923.

PCAD id: 25250