"The building, designed by Walter Ratcliff, Jr. was declared one of the most beautiful and chaste buildings in the Bay region according to the Berkeley Daily Gazette. Heavenward pointing in its Gothic lines, the architecture, said Dr. Swartz (President of the PSR) was of the most inspiring character. Final plans call for a central tower as the crowning feature of the architectural scheme."
"The Gazette also noted in its Feb. 4 story that the the institution is preserving the edge of the hill just west of the school as a belvedere, a place where all people for all time to come may come and enjoy the glorious scene,' was Dr. Swartz's declaration. This is in the form of a concrete platform with handsome balustrade and stairways leading to the street below."
On Feb. 4, 1926 the Pacific School of Religion held a gala dedication for the new Holbrook Library atop Holy Hill. Walter Ratcliff Jr. designed the building, which was praised as a beautiful, chaste structure with heavenward Gothic lines and an inspiring character. Final plans included a central tower and additional buildings such as a chapel, a women's dormitory, and an edifice for missionaries on furlough. The hill edge west of the school was preserved as a belvedere with a concrete platform, balustrade, and stairways. Earlier, a denied ferry permit prompted calls to dock at Hyde Street to ease San Francisco congestion, and Prince Madhav Singh of India was reported en route to Berkeley for agricultural study.
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