Hillside Elementary School
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Hillside School
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Buena Vista Way entrance, Hillside School
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| Location | 1581 Le Roy Ave., Berkeley, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°52′51″N 122°15′32″W / 37.8809°N 122.2589°WCoordinates: 37°52′51″N 122°15′32″W / 37.8809°N 122.2589°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Walter H. Ratcliff |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference # | 82000961 |
| BERKL # | 61 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982 |
| Designated BERKL | June 21, 1982 |
Hillside Elementary School is a former public elementary school that until January 2017 housed the Berkeley campus of the German International School of Silicon Valley (GISSV). The site is located in the hills of Berkeley, California on the block bounded by Le Roy Avenue, Buena Vista Way and La Loma Avenue. Hillside is registered as a local historic landmark. In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#82000961).
Hillside first opened in the Fall of 1901 on the nearby southwest corner of Le Roy Avenue and Virginia Street. This first Hillside, constructed under the auspices of the newly formed Hillside Club, for the Berkeley Public Schools, was one of the hundreds of structures that was destroyed by the 1923 Berkeley fire. The school was temporarily relocated, from late 1923 until August 1926, to the University School (1414 Walnut Street) while a new school building was constructed.
The Berkeley School District built the present structure in 1925 on the site of several homes that were destroyed by the same fire that destroyed the original Hillside. A major seismic retrofit was made in the 1930s and an additional wing added in 1964-65. The 1930s work included upgrades pursuant to the Field Act which resulted from the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. The building is landmarked for the degree to which it is intact, along with the quality of both architectural design and construction.
In the early 1970s, Hillside became a primary school (K-3) as part of a district-wide re-organization.
In 1983, the school district closed Hillside because of a declining school age population, and because it sits near or on the Hayward Fault. The Berkeley Montessori School (since renamed The Berkeley School) and the Berkeley Chess School leased part of the site. In 2012, the German International School (GISSV) purchased the site from the Berkeley Unified School district and operated classes.
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