Cloyne Court Hotel facts for kids

Cloyne Court Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Oakland, California Show map of Oakland, California Location in California Show map of California Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	2600 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, California
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904
Architect	John Galen Howard
Architectural style	San Francisco Bay Tradition
NRHP reference No.	92001718
Quick facts for kids Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 24, 1992

The Cloyne Court Hotel, often referred to simply as Cloyne, is one of the houses of the Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC), a student housing cooperative in Berkeley, California. It is located at the north side of the University of California, Berkeley campus at 2600 Ridge Road, near Soda Hall and Jacobs Hall, and is the next door neighbor of Goldman School of Public Policy.

Description

Cloyne is the largest non-apartment style property in the BSC, itself the largest housing co-op organization in North America, housing 140 UC Berkeley students (119 during summer), mostly undergraduates. Despite its size the house is student-run and student-governed. Members contribute 5 hours of workshift per week each for various tasks needed for the operation of the house: cooking, cleaning, house maintenance, gardening, etc. Since July 2005, a facility manager employed by the students and the BSC lives on the premises to help with day-to-day operations of the house. Every weekday and on Sundays members cook a communal dinner, and on Saturdays there is a communal brunch. House's council, house's governing body where all members democratically make decisions pertaining the house, meets every Sunday.

Similar to other BSC houses it has a specific theme and culture. It has been academic themed and substance-free since 2014. As part of the theme it has an increased number of study rooms, a library, a makerspace/hackerspace (a rare case where members can both hack and live in the same building), and many lectures given by guest lecturers and members themselves. A common practice is also informal visits of UC Berkeley professors at communal dinners, allowing members to get to know them also through a less formal setting. An example of a UC Berkeley faculty member visiting Cloyne is popular EECS professor John DeNero, who regularly presented about the joys of data for many semesters.

Cloyne is substance-free. Possession and use of controlled substances is not allowed on premises. Similar to other BSC houses, students who prefer such environment choose to live in the house when selecting between all BSC houses.

Cloyne is known for its murals covering many of its internal walls. Murals have been made through years by members residing in the house. The building is one of fifty-six buildings in Berkeley listed in the National Register of Historic Places as well as a City of Berkeley Landmark.

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