List of works by Julia Morgan

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Julia Morgan graduated as the first woman to earn a degree from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris and then became the first women to be licensed as an architect in California.[1][2][3] With these credentials, she completed over 700 projects in her career[3][4] which expressed a distinctly Californian architecture.[1][5]

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Julia Morgan in 1926

Some of her early commissions involved rebuilding after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake based on her engineering expertise in utilizing reinforced concrete.[6][7] Later in her career, both the Hearst publishing family and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) employed Morgan as their primary architect.[2][7][8] She also designed a number of women's clubs[7][8] and private homes.[5][9]

Morgan did not follow a consistent school of architecture,[1][2] often synthesizing various combinations of Arts & Crafts, Beaux-Arts, Gothic Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Neoclassical, and Spanish Colonial Revival styles.[4][10][11] By the time she retired in 1951, her eclectic architecture had fallen out of style and was poorly regarded but the assessment of her legacy gradually improved over time.[4][3][11] In 2014, Morgan became the first women to receive the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal, 57 years after her death.[8][12][13]

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Individually notable buildings and structures
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Name Image Built Location City, State Notes Listing
Asilomar Conference Grounds 1913 800 Asilomar Boulevard
36°37′08″N 121°56′16″W		 Pacific Grove, California Originally a YWCA retreat; now the Asilomar State Beach[14] NHLD
Berkeley Baptist Divinity School 1919 2606 Dwight Way
37°51′55″N 122°15′22″W		 Berkeley, California Now Hobart Hall at Berkeley School of Theology; part of the Graduate Theological Union[15] BL
Berkeley Student Cooperative 1905 2732 Durant Avenue
37°52′06″N 122°15′10″W		 Berkeley, California Morgan designed three family houses in 1905, 1911, and 1913; BSC later purchased and renamed them to provide student housing
Berkeley Women's City Club 1929 2315 Durant Avenue
37°52′03″N 122°15′46″W		 Berkeley, California Now the Berkeley City Club[16] NRHP
Miss Burke's School 1917 3065 Jackson Street
37°47′28″N 122°26′44″W		 San Francisco, California Institution renamed to Katherine Delmar Burke School; building now part of the San Francisco University High School[17]
Margaret Carnegie Library 1904 Oval Circle
37°46′45″N 122°10′54″W		 Oakland, California Part of Mills College[1]
Chapel of the Chimes 1909 4499 Piedmont Avenue
37°49′55″N 122°14′45″W		 Oakland, California Built as California Electric Crematory in 1909; Morgan designed chapel addition in 1928[18] ODL
Chinatown YWCA 1932 965 Clay Street
37°47′38″N 122°24′32″W		 San Francisco, California Now the Chinese Historical Society of America[19] SFDL
Emanu-el Residence Club 1922 300 Page Street
37°46′26″N 122°25′34″W		 San Francisco, California Residence hall for Jewish-American women; now the San Francisco Zen Center[20]
Fairmont Hotel 1907 950 Mason Street
37°47′33″N 122°24′36″W		 San Francisco, California Morgan engineered structural repairs after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake[7] NRHP
Foothill Study Club 1914 20399 Park Place
37°15′33″N 122°01′48″W		 Saratoga, California Now the Saratoga Foothill Club[21] NRHP
Girton Hall 1911 200 Centennial Drive
37°52′29″N 122°14′18″W		 Berkeley, California Now the Julia Morgan Hall at the University of California Botanical Garden[22] NRHP
Goethe House 1924 3731 T Street
38°33′33″N 121°27′38″W		 Sacramento, California Now the Julia Morgan House at California State University, Sacramento[23] NRHP
Gum Moon 1912 940 Washington Street
37°47′42″N 122°24′32″W		 San Francisco, California Women's Missionary Society of the Pacific Coast residence hall for women and children[17]
Hacienda del Pozo de Verona 1898 707 Country Club Circle
37°38′14″N 121°53′42″W		 Pleasanton, California vicinity Originally designed by A. C. Schweinfurth with later additions by Morgan; demolished in 1969 to build Castlewood Country Club[24]
Hearst Castle 1919 750 Hearst Castle Road
35°41′07″N 121°10′04″W		 San Simeon, California vicinity Expansions continued through 1947;[25] also known as La Cuesta Encantada, San Simeon, and Xanadu;[26] now a state park[27] NHL
Hearst Greek Theatre 1903 2001 Gayley Road
37°52′25″N 122°15′15″W		 Berkeley, California Designed by John Galen Howard with assistance from Morgan; part of University of California, Berkeley[28] NRHP
Hearst Gymnasium for Women 1927 2589 Bancroft Parkway
37°52′10″N 122°15′24″W		 Berkeley, California Designed with Bernard Maybeck;[17] now the Hearst Memorial Gymnasium which also houses the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology NRHP
Hearst Memorial Mining Building 1907 Hearst Mining Circle
37°52′27″N 122°15′26″W		 Berkeley, California Designed by architect John Galen Howard with assistance from Morgan; part of the University of California, Berkeley[28] NRHP
Hollywood Studio Club 1925 1215 Lodi Place,
34°05′34″N 118°19′25″W		 Los Angeles YWCA residence for aspiring actresses[29] NRHP
Hostess House 1918 27 University Avenue
37°26′35″N 122°09′56″W		 Palo Alto, California YWCA building relocated from Camp Fremont; now the MacArthur Park Restaurant[30] NRHP
Japanese YWCA 1932 1830 Sutter Street
37°47′12″N 122°25′50″W		 San Francisco, California Now the Nihonmachi Little Friends[31] NRHP
KYA Transmitter 1937 34 Bayview Park Road
37°42′59″N 122°23′41″W		 San Francisco, California Located in Bayview Park;[32] station now named KSFB
Ladies Protection and Relief Society Building 1925 3400 Laguna Street
37°48′10″N 122°25′53″W		 San Francisco, California Now known as the Julia Morgan Building, part of the San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society's Heritage on the Marina project[33] SFDL
Merchants Exchange 1904 465 California Street
37°47′34″N 122°24′08″W		 San Francisco, California Willis Polk led repairs after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake while Morgan assisted by replacing damaged interiors[34]
Mills College 1904 5000 MacArthur Boulevard
37°46′43″N 122°10′57″W		 Oakland, California Morgan designed the El Campanil (1904), Kapiolani Cottage Infirmary (1909), and the Student Union (1916);[35] campus now part of Northeastern University[36]
Milpitas Hacienda 1930 101 Infantry Road
36°00′38″N 121°14′34″W		 Jolon, California vicinity Alternatively known as the Milpitas Ranch House, Hacienda Guest Lodge, Milpitas Ranchhouse, and The Hacienda; now part of Fort Hunter Liggett[37] NRHP
Ming Quong Home for Chinese Girls 1924 Underwood Avenue
37°47′01″N 122°11′15″W		 Oakland, California Later part of Mills College as Alderwood Hall, Geranium Cottage, Graduate House, and then Mills Conference Center; now the Julia Morgan School for Girls[38]
Neptune Pool 1936 750 Hearst Castle Road
35°41′08″N 121°10′09″W		 San Simeon, California vicinity On the grounds of Hearst Castle[39]
North Star House 1905 12075 Old Auburn Road
39°11′40″N 121°04′35″W		 Grass Valley, California vicinity Also known as Foote Mansion[40] NRHP
Occidental Board Presbyterian Mission House 1908 920 Sacramento Street
37°47′36″N 122°24′31″W		 San Francisco, California Now the Donaldina Cameron House[17] SFDL
Ocean House 1929 415 Pacific Coast Highway
34°01′28″N 118°30′48″W		 Santa Monica, California Home of Marion Davies, also known as the Beach House; demolished in 1956 and now the site of the Annenberg Community Beach House[41]
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House 1922 953 DeHaro Street
37°45′30″N 122°24′03″W		 San Francisco, California Morgan also designed the 1930 kindergarten building; now known as The Nabe;[42] SFDL
St. John's Presbyterian Church 1910 2640 College Avenue
37°51′44″N 122°15′14″W		 Berkeley, California Now the Julia Morgan Theater[43] NRHP
Sausalito Woman's Club 1918 120 Central Avenue
37°51′07″N 122°28′51″W		 Sausalito, California Listed as Sausalito’s first municipal landmark in 1976[44] NRHP
Alfred E. Warren House 1922 341 Mansion Ave
39°43′52″N 121°50′47″W		 Chico, California Now the President's Mansion at California State University, Chico[45]
Seldon Williams House 1928 2821 Claremont Boulevard
37°51′36″N 122°14′43″W		 Berkeley, California Now the Julia Morgan House at the University of California;[46]
Wyntoon 1935 1 Wyntoon Road
41°11′28″N 122°03′45″W		 McCloud, California vicinity Originally designed by Bernard Maybeck; Morgan added Cinderella, Bear and Sleeping Beauty houses in a Bavarian style[47]
YWCA Building 1922 1660 M Street
36°44′35″N 119°47′39″W		 Fresno, California Now part of the Marjaree Mason Center[48] NRHP
YWCA Building 1915 1515 Webster Street
37°48′17″N 122°16′06″W		 Oakland, California Now part of Envision Schools[49] NRHP
YWCA Building 1929 3425 Mission Inn Avenue
33°58′54″N 117°22′14″W		 Riverside, California Now the Riverside Art Museum[50] NRHP
YWCA Building 1927 1040 Richards Street
21°18′28″N 157°51′35″W		 Honolulu, Hawaii Also known as Laniākea;[51] CP
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Gallery of other works

  • Chapel of the Federated Church, Saratoga, CA
    Chapel of the Federated Church, Saratoga, CA
  • Hearst Building, San Francisco, California
    Hearst Building, San Francisco, CA
  • Herald Examiner Building, LA, CA
    Herald Examiner Building, LA, CA
  • J. G. Kennedy House, Palo Alto, CA
    J. G. Kennedy House, Palo Alto, CA
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