
Woodworth House (2010), photo R. Kehlmann
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK
designated in 1993
1905
Entomologist, naturalist, physicist, and inventor Charles W. Woodworth designed and built this all-redwood house in the Bay Region style. The three-level, seven-bedroom home has a brown shingle exterior, clinker brick fireplaces, and leaded glass windows. The entrance and main floor were designed for Mrs. Woodworth who used a wheelchair.
Woodworth, a professor of entomology, helped develop the University’s College of Agriculture and the City of Berkeley’s first public library. A world traveler, he once spent three years in China organizing mosquito abatement efforts. He had designed and was assembling a powerful telescope in his backyard when he died in 1940.
Berkeley Historical Plaque Project
2000
Photo credit abbreviations:
BAHA: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Assn.
BHS: Berkeley Historical Society