Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal
historic place
The Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal is a historic place in Berkeley, California, located in Alameda County. Built in 1878, it was designed by architect Charles L. Bugbee. This one-story Victorian Gothic-style building features vertical board-and-batten siding and a 75-foot bell tower. The church's thousand-pound Blymer bell served as Berkeley's city fire alarm from 1882 until 1894. It is Berkeley's oldest remaining church building and the oldest in the East Bay continuously used by its founding congregation. The Church of the Good Shepherd was designated a City of Berkeley Landmark in 1975 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. This site marks a long-standing historical presence in the East Bay.