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Image 1 of / 35 Caption Close Image 2 of 35 Entry. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Entry. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 3 of 35 Spanish accents on door. Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Spanish accents on door. Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 4 of 35 Going in... Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Going in... Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 5 of 35 Image 6 of 35 Inside, hearth. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Inside, hearth. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 7 of 35 Spanish accents in living room. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Spanish accents in living room. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 8 of 35 More living room. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty More living room. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 9 of 35 Dine/kitchen. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Dine/kitchen. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 10 of 35 Image 11 of 35 Dining room and view. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Dining room and view. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 12 of 35 Close up of old map in dining room. Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Close up of old map in dining room. Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 13 of 35 More map. Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty More map. Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 14 of 35 Be warned, this map won't help one navigate the Bay now! Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Be warned, this map won't help one navigate the Bay now! Photo: Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 15 of 35 Image 16 of 35 Kitchen. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Kitchen. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 17 of 35 Viking double oven! Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Viking double oven! Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 18 of 35 Arches; we got 'em. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Arches; we got 'em. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 19 of 35 Light and hardwood. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Light and hardwood. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 20 of 35 Image 21 of 35 Bed and arched window. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Bed and arched window. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 22 of 35 Tiled bath. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Tiled bath. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 23 of 35 Another bath. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Another bath. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 24 of 35 4 baths total. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty 4 baths total. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 25 of 35 Image 26 of 35 Last bath. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Last bath. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 27 of 35 Master bedroom. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Master bedroom. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 28 of 35 Laundry room. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Laundry room. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 29 of 35 Courtyard: not Spanish design without one! Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Courtyard: not Spanish design without one! Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 30 of 35 Image 31 of 35 Image 32 of 35 Bay views abound. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Bay views abound. Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 33 of 35 More views! Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty More views! Photos: MLS via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 34 of 35 Nimitz family. Photo via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Nimitz family. Photo via Jimmy Reina/Red Oak Realty Image 35 of 35 Berkeley home once owned by Admiral Nimitz for sale at $1,995,000 1 / 35 Back to Gallery

A historic home, formerly owned by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, is hitting the Berkeley market. The home at 728 Santa Barbara Rd., offers five beds, four baths and over 3,300 square feet on a 9,295 square foot lot. The home was built in 1925 in the Spanish style so popular then, and retains the best of that style’s ornamentation in its stone fireplace, tile designs, arched doors and windows, hardwood floors and balconies. The panoramic views add additional embellishment of the very best kind.

Another feature of historic significance: A 1930s nautical map of San Francisco Bay embedded on the dining room wall. Aside from water depths and similar nautical markings, there is no sign of the Bay or Golden Gate Bridge featured on this map, due to its age. This absence is a bit ironic given that the home has views of both bridges now.

Nimitz: more than just the name of a highway

Many a Bay Area resident has driven on the Nimitz; many others have hiked the Nimitz path near Inspiration Point in Tilden Park. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was an important figure in local history. As a military man, he is recognized as a U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander who helped ensure Japan’s defeat. It is for this service that the roadway was dedicated in his name.

Nimitz also served as UC Berkeley’s first professor of Naval Sciences, establishing the East Bay’s Naval Reserves Officers’ Training Unit in 1926.

“Following the war, Nimitz and his wife Catherine moved to the Claremont Hotel. They eventually bought a house on Santa Barbara Road,” a 2014 Berkeleyside article notes. Nimitz liked to hike the Inspiration Point trail, and he often scattered around wildflower seeds. The path, with its spectacular views of the hills and the bay, was built before World War II and later became the guarded entrance to a Nike missile site constructed during the Cold War.”

It was dedicated to Nimitz in 1955.

Admiral Nimitz moved to Treasure Island in 1963 after suffering a serious fall at 785 Santa Barbara. This is the first time the home has been on the market since 1967. The price to become the new owner of all this history? $1,995,000.