Roos Bros. Building

Historical marker location:

64 Shattuck Square, Berkeley, California

( Marker is on Shattuck Square south of University Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1998

Miller and Pflueger, Architects, 1926. City of Berkeley Landmark, designated in 1984.

The first female mayor in the U.S. was elected in California in 1887. Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, but she was born in California and later moved to Kansas with her husband.