T he Hume Cloister Built 1928 - 1929 Architect: John Hudson T homas 2900 Buena Vista Way Berkeley, California
Samuel Hume was educated at Harvard and earned a degree in theater. He created the first exhibition of stagecraft in the United States. By 1918, Samuel had returned to Berkeley as an assistant professor at the University of California, eventually becoming the head of the Greek Theater Department there. His wife, Portia Bell Hume, was a pioneer in the field of Psychiatry and lent her name to the modern Portia Bell Hume Behavioral Health and Training Center. In 1927 the Humes engaged architect John Hudson Thomas to build a replica of a 13th-century French Monastery. This became their home, known alternately as Hume Cloister or Hume Castle and has been listed as a historic landmark of Berkeley since 1985.