Boone's University School is a historic building at 2029 Durant Avenue in Berkeley, California, U.S.[2][3] It is the last surviving building from the Boone's University School for Boys, which closed in 1915. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 1, 1982;[4] listed as a California Historical Landmark since November 1, 1982;[5] and listed as a Berkeley Landmark since March 16, 1981.[6]
The building is a boxy 3-story, 20 room house, in an Italianate style that was simplified.[4] The Boone's University School for Boys (sometimes referred to as Boone's Academy) building is an example of the late 19th-century private academies that flourished in California.[4] The school was founded by Philip Riley Boone (1851–1912), who bought the unfinished one story building in 1884 and moved in his existing school.[4] His school was successful enough to add two more floors to the building a few years later in 1891.[4] A 1903 state law change signaled the end of the 19th century academy boom in California.[4]
The building had remained in the Boone family as a rooming house until 1980.[3]
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