The Shuman Block

Historical marker location:

2571 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California

( Marker can be reached from Shattuck Avenue north of Parker Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2005

McDougall Brothers, Architects. 1906.

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.