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 24 Collections and/or Records:
Oakland Brickpile Years, 1889 - 1927
Series
Scope and Contents
The Oakland Brickpile Years series contains materials that relate to the years between 1889 and 1927 when the college was located in Oakland and contains clippings, photographs, ephemera, and correspondence from and about that era.
Dates:
1889 - 1927
Oakland campus miscellany
File — Box 503, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
One folder that contains newspaper clippings related to the Oakland campus, a "Dedication of St. Mary's College" pamphlet from 1889, commencement programs from 1924, a fundraising letter for the "golden jubilee" 50th anniversary that addresses fire and earthquake damage to the Oakland campus, "Application For Registration of Historical Point of Interest" for the brickpile campus, program for 1909 commencement, photocopied photographs of brothers and alumni, menu for alumni banquet, 2 stapled...
Dates:
1889 - 1927
Postcard depicting the Oakland Brickpile, 1889 - 1906
Item
Abstract
Recto of color lithograph postcard featuring the Oakland Brickpile building. Image may be based on SMCA_PHC-1755,
Dates:
1889 - 1906
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