LeConte Hall
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About LeConte Hall
LeConte Hall is the former name of a building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, which is home to the physics department. LeConte Hall was one of the largest physics buildings in the world at the time it was opened in 1924, and was also the site of the first atom collider, built by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1931.
The building was named in honor of the brothers Joseph and John LeConte, professors of Physics and Geology, who were respectively the first and third presidents of the university. Their last name was removed from the building in 2020 due to their white supremacist views. As of 2021, the university has not decided on a permanent name.
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Hearst and Gayley, Berkeley · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies
Beaux Arts Classicism style, nearby
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 123858258 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.