Gilman Hall (Berkeley, California)

USA / California / Berkeley / Berkeley, California
 Second World War 1939-1945, place with historical importance, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic landmark, department of chemical engineering, department of chemistry / school of chemistry, U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Gilman Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Room 307 was where Glenn T. Seaborg and his coworkers identified plutonium as a new element on February 23, 1941 and as such, is designated a National Historic Landmark. The building itself is designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark, recognizing the two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry that have resulted from research done in the building.

National Register of Historic Places # 66000203
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Coordinates:   37°52'21"N   122°15'22"W
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