I have been looking long for this photo of the original Theta Chi Chapter House at U.C. Berkeley. This was the one designed by William Raymond Yelland. Yelland was the designer for Normandy Village and Beckett's Irish Pub.
It was located on LeConte just North of the campus near Normandy Village. It was torn down in order to make room for an medical office building I believe. The blueprints for this frat house are still available in the design archives collection at U.C. Berkeley.
It is the perfect text book building by Yelland. He has many of his classic features in this one building. This frat house features dutch gables or Jerkinhead gables. A very prominent cat-slide roof at the right side. The fireplace with the tapered top is very much his style. The bay window with the railing above also classic Yelland. This frat house is closest in style to the Derry Residence, there has been. very rarely is a residence by yelland so stucco'd all over. Yelland usually went crazy with the brick work.
This could very well fit into Superior Avenue in San Leandro or Alma Place in Oakland. This building just makes me happy. I'd like to rebuild a copy of this when I retire on some nice acreage.
The Derry House San Leandro with it's cat-slide roof.
