832 Shattuck Avenue, 'The Little House', was built for Ms. Margaret Little in 1915. The house is a classic example of the Prairie style and is a true product of the Prairie School of architecture. The architectural firm that built The Little House was Purcell & Elmslie. While predominantly a midwest firm, Purcell & Elmslie undertook a limited number of commissions on the west coast. Neighborhood Description "In 1907, shortly after the earthquake that left many San Franciscans homeless, the Mason-McDuffie Company (with offices both in San Francisco and in Berkeley) started the NORTHBRAE PROPERTIES development in North Berkeley. The large tract consisted of 700 acres at the undeveloped northern edge of Berkeley (otherwise 'compactly builded (sic) from the hills to the bay'), five parks, pink sidewalks, stone pillars with street names and designed by John Galen Howard, and Putnam Fountain (with a 'splendid ten-thousand dollar concrete balustrade') at The Cirde. The original group of grizzly bears was modeled especially for the fountain by Arthur Putnam, 'the celebrated animal sculptor.' The developers originally intended to build three other fountains in Northbrae, at least two of which would be 'never dying fountains fed by springs on the tract.' Their brochure advertised, in part: 'Berkeley of the green, rolling hills and wide, free spaces, Berkeley the beautiful, restful city of homes.... Overlooking the sparkling waters of the incomparable Bay of San Francisco, with a view through the splendid portals of the Golden Gate, NORTHBRAE, Berkeley, nestles in the foothills, sheltered and protected from the heat of summer and the chill of winter.' " - from Berkeley Path Wanderers Association
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