Berkeley City Hall

Historical marker location:

2150 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, California

( Marker is on Martin Luther King Jr, Way south of Center Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1998

Bakewell and Brown, Architects, 1908. City of Berkeley Landmark, designated in 1975.

California was the site of the nation's first successful oil well in 1892. The well was drilled in the city of Los Angeles and produced about 25 barrels of oil a day. Today, California remains a major oil-producing state.