Doe Memorial Library
- On the Register
- since Mar 25, 1982
- Style
- Classical Revival
- Significant for
- Education, Architecture
- Importance
- National
- Type
- Building
- Where
- Oxford St., Berkeley, CA
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About
The Doe Memorial Library is the main library of the University of California, Berkeley Library System. The library is named after its benefactor, Charles Franklin Doe, who in 1904 bequeathed funds for its construction. It is located near the center of the Berkeley campus, facing Memorial Glade, and is adjacent to and physically connected with the Bancroft Library. In 1900, Émile Bénard won an architectural competition for the design of the library, and the Neoclassical-style building was completed in 1911. The Doe Library building is the gateway to the underground Gardner (Main) Stacks, named in honor of David P. Gardner, the 15th President of the University of California.
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 123857316 · Wikidata.