Morgan was commissioned in 1932 to design the present building.

California State Capitol website", "El Campanil, Mills College: Julia Morgan 1903–1904", "Julia Morgan-designed Mills bell tower counts down to its 115th anniversary", 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700602, "No. While the Palladian archway and symmetrical facade showcase Morgan’s Beaux-Arts training, the iron balcony on the building’s loggia incorporates the Star of David as part of its design. Ten female locals aimed to clean things up, so they hired Morgan, who designed a clubhouse reminiscent of her residential work. UC Berkeley bought the mansion in 1971 and used it as a residence and place to entertain for a handful of the system's vice presidents. The building is a Berkeley city landmark, California historic landmark, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The building is a registered San Francisco city landmark.

As a result of this illness, she was prone to ear infections[8] throughout her adult life. By the time the clubhouse opened in late 1930, the organization had enrolled over 4,000 female members. Morgan's reputation grew when the tower was unscathed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The Julia Morgan-designed mansion at 1650 The Alameda is changing hands. Upon the birth of each Morgan child, the Parmalees sent funds for the family to travel by the transcontinental railroad so that the infant could be christened in the traditional Parmelee family church in New York. degree with honors in civil engineering. The interior features exposed redwood paneling and beams with smoked glass clerestory windows, making it feel more like a home than a church. She sought to reconcile classical and Craftsman, scholarship and innovation, formalism and whimsy. It included a dorm, meeting rooms, and an auditorium with an authentic Noh theater stage to perform classical Japanese dramas—the only one in the western United States. She kept a low profile and lived modestly, in spite of her wealthy clientele. [11]:22, Indoor Roman pool on Hearst Castle grounds (empty). In 2006, a children's picture book titled Julia Morgan Built a Castle was published and is available in many public libraries. Her first commission by the family was Phoebe Apperson Hearst's Hacienda at Pleasanton. This earned her a certificate in architecture, making her the first woman to receive one from the school; she did so in three years, although the usual time of completion was five years (that was how long Maybeck took, for example). Here are just some of her most visible contributions to the region: Girton Hall was originally designed as a meeting place for female students on UC Berkeley’s campus.

It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a Berkeley city landmark. [3], She was very independent. Little is known about her childhood or personal life. It was located a day's horseback ride inland from Hearst Castle, next to the Mission San Antonio de Padua near Jolon, California. The Asilomar Conference Center, no longer YWCA but State-run, is still in Pacific Grove near Monterey, California.

Five of the Southern California YWCA buildings were designed by Morgan. The building is a registered San Francisco city landmark. [29], "My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone."