Sather Gate
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Sather Gate and Bridge
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Berkeley Landmark
| designated_other1_date = February 25, 1991{{cite web|title=Berkeley Landmarks|publisher=Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association|url=http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/landmarks.html|access-date=2013-03-04}}
| designated_other1_number = 157
| image = Sather Gate at University of California, Berkeley, California LCCN2013633500 (edited).jpg
| caption = Sather Gate in 2012
| location = University of California campus in Berkeley
| coordinates = {{coord|37|52|12.7848|N|122|15|34.131|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin =
| built = 1910
| architect = John Galen Howard
| architecture = Classical Revival-Beaux-Arts
| added = March 25, 1982
| area = {{convert|0.2|acre}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000062|title=Berkeley, University of California MRA}}
| refnum = 82004649{{NRISref |refnum=82004649|2009a}}
}}
Sather Gate is a prominent landmark separating Sproul Plaza from the bridge over Strawberry Creek, leading to the center of the University of California, Berkeley campus. The gate was donated by Jane K. Sather, a benefactor of the university, in memory of her late husband Peder Sather, a trustee of the College of California, which later became the University of California. It is California Historical Landmark No. 946{{cite ohp |id=946 |name=University of California, Berkeley Campus |access-date=2012-03-30}} and No. 82004649 in the National Register of Historic Places.
History
File:Sather Gate under renovation 11-22-08.JPG
File:Urn-sather-gate-berkeley.jpg
Designed by John Galen Howard and built by Giovanni "John" Meneghetti in the Classical Revival Beaux-Arts style, Sather Gate was completed in 1910. Atop the gate are eight panels of bas-relief figures: four nude men representing the disciplines of law, letters, medicine, and mining, and four nude women representing the disciplines of agriculture, architecture, art, and electricity. They were sculpted by Professor Earl Cummings. From 1910 to 1977, the panels were removed due to differences with Jane Sather. By 1979 they were all reinstalled.{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Sather-Gate-s-checkered-past-3264764.php |title=Sather Gate's checkered past |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=2008-10-22|last=Stein|first=Ken}}
Originally, the gate served as the formal southern entrance to the university campus. The university later expanded further south of Strawberry Creek, and the gate is now well separated from Berkeley's city streets by Sproul Plaza.
Between October 2008 and April 2009, Sather Gate underwent restoration that focused on its bronze and steel metal work, which had deteriorated over time. It remained open to pedestrian and vehicular traffic during the period of restoration.{{cite web |url=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/10/06_sathergate.shtml |title=Iconic Sather Gate to be restored to its former majesty |publisher=University of California |date=October 6, 2008|last=Anwar|first=Yasmin}} Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., coordinated the restoration, which received a 2010 Design Award from the California Preservation Foundation.{{cite news| url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Architects-honored-for-various-Bay-Area-works-3177920.php | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title=Architects honored for various Bay Area works | first=John | last=King | date=2010-08-17}}
= Free Speech Movement =
Sather Gate is part of the historic Sproul Plaza, a major center for student activity and the scene of many protests during the Free Speech Movement. The gate is a notable subject of one of the most recognizable and iconic photographs of the Movement, a fall 1964 shot of students walking through it, carrying the Free Speech banner.{{cite web|first=Elizabeth|last=Stephens |url=http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/FSM/fsm_ead.html |title=Free Speech Movement Archival Collection Guides |publisher=Bancroft.berkeley.edu |access-date=2018-05-23}}
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Category:University of California, Berkeley buildings
Category:Gates at colleges and universities in the United States
Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in California
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley, California
Category:California Historical Landmarks
Category:Bridges completed in 1910
Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in California
Category:Neoclassical architecture in California