Brickpile Campus (Oakland)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Saint Mary's College was located at the corner of Broadway and Hawthorne in Oakland, California from 1889 to 1928. The cornerstone was laid on October 22, 1887 by Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco. Consisting of 2,500,000 red bricks, the building was affectionally known as the "Old Brickpile."The building suffered three major natural disasters during its thirty-nine years in Oakland - a fire in 1894, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, and finally another fire in 1918.
On May 15, 1927 the final graduating class of the Oakland Brickpile held their commencement on the grounds of the new campus in Moraga, California. Classes began in the Fall of 1928 with the largest freshman class in the history of the College.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Saint Mary's College of California Early History Collection
Collection
Identifier: SMCA-2020-HIS
Scope and Contents
The Saint Mary's College of California Early History Collection contains 38 boxes and 36 folders. The intellectual content of the collection is focused on the early years of the college in both San Francisco and Oakland before the school moved to its Moraga location. Materials in the collection are organized to highlight documents related to the founding of the college, financial and academic records for both campuses, items specific to the San Francisco and Oakland campus years, student...
Dates:
1863 - 1927