South Hall (UC Berkeley)

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South Hall
(U.S. National Register of Historic Places)
Front of South Hall
Location:	Berkeley, California
Coordinates:	37°52′16.78″N, 122°15′30.59″W
Built/Founded:	1873
Architect:	Farquharson & Kenitzer
Architectural style(s):	Second Empire
Added to NRHP:	March 25, 1982
Reference #:	82004651 [1]
MPS:	Berkeley, University of California MRA
Governing body:	Private

South Hall, built in 1873, is the oldest building on the University of California, Berkeley campus and the only remaining building of the original campus. The building originally was the counterpart of North Hall, which no longer exists.

The first physics laboratory in the United States was hosted in South Hall in 1879. It also has been home to the College of Agriculture, a business school, and a temporary museum for the state geological survey. It currently houses the UC Berkeley School of Information Management and Systems.

There is a myth that the rooftop scene of Mary Poppins was filmed here.

The four-story building is located southwest of Sather Tower.

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• University of California interactive map. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.

University of California, Berkeley
Campus architecture	Bancroft Library • Botanical Garden • Bowles Hall • Cory Hall • Doe Memorial Library • Evans Hall • Gilman Hall • Hearst Greek Theatre • Hearst Memorial Mining Building • Sather Gate • Sather Tower • South Hall • Sproul Plaza • University House