Clinton Day (March 17, 1847 – January 11, 1916) was an American
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
, active on the
West Coast of the United States.
Biography
Day was born on March 17, 1847, in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
, New York City; and he moved to California when 8 years old. His grandfather,
Jeremiah Day
Jeremiah Day (August 3, 1773 – August 22, 1867) was an American academic, a Congregational minister and President of Yale College (1817–1846).
Early life
Day was the son of Rev. Jeremiah and Abigail (Noble) Osborn Day, who were descendan ...
, was president of
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
, and his father,
Sherman Day, was surveyor-general of California and one of the founders of the
College of California
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, predecessor to the
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...
.
Day graduated from the College of California in 1868, and received his MA degree from the same institution in 1874. (He later received an honorary LLD from the college in 1910.) In 1875, he married Grace Wakefield from
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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, and they had one daughter.
As an architect, he designed some of San Francisco's finest buildings, including the
City of Paris building, Union Trust building, and
Gump's
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department store; and a number of fine houses in
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
, including the Treadwell Mansion. He designed Architecture Building and Metallurgical Laboratory at the
University of California, Berkeley
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. He was a
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) is a postnominal title or membership, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Fellowship is bestowed by the institute on AIA-memb ...
. Clinton was the great-grandson of American founding father
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American politician, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, ...
.
List of work
*
Treadwell Mansion (), Oakland, California; NRHP-listed, a California Historical Landmark, and an Oakland Designated Landmark
*
City of Paris building (1896), Union Square, San Francisco, California; demolished in 1981
* Agriculture Building at
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...
(1887), Berkeley, California; destroyed by fire in 1897
* Ella Nichols Park House (1888), 1408 Mission Avenue, San Rafael, California
* Budd Hall at University of California, Berkeley (1887), Berkeley, California; demolished in 1933
*
Golden Sheaf Bakery
Golden Sheaf Bakery is a historical building and former bakery built in 1905 and located at 2069–2071 Addison Street in Berkeley, California, U.S. With It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 31, 1978; listed as a C ...
(1905), 2069–2071 Addison Street, Berkeley, California;
NRHP-listed, a California Historical Landmark, and a Berkeley Landmark.
References
Further reading
* Obituary in ''The Architect and Engineer of California'', Vol. XLIV, No. 1, January, 1916, pages 87–88.
External links
First Church Berkeley UCCStable at East Oakland, 1884Bancroft BuildingCity of Paris Building
19th-century American architects
20th-century American architects
Architects from California
Architects from Brooklyn
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Fellows of the American Institute of Architects
1847 births
1916 deaths
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