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| Landmark #849 | Alameda County | Visited: May 31, 2014 | Plaque? NO. 🙁 |
| What is it? | A gorgeous mansion, and the central administrative building of Mills College! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: When Mills Seminary, forerunner of Hue college, transferred its operations to Oakland from Benicia in 1871, it moved into a long, four-story building with a high central observatory. The mansarded structure, which provided homes for faculty and students as well as classrooms and dining halls, long was considered the most beautiful educational building in the state.
OTHER TIDBITS: Mills College also boasts many academic firsts! It was the first women’s college west of the Rockies, first laboratory school west of the Mississippi for aspiring teachers, the first women’s college to offer a computer science major and a bachelor’s to master’s BA/MBA accelerated degree program, the first business school in the West for women, and the nation’s first MFA program in book art and creative writing! This landmark is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Mills College 5000 MacArthur at Pierson St Oakland, CA 94613 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~366mi (590km) — 6.1hrs |
| When should I go? | You can see the exterior any time you wish, I think, but you are on a private university campus! Be respectful! |