Editing Founders' Rock (section)

{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Founders' Rock
| nrhp_type = 
| designated_other1 = California
| designated_other1_date = March 25, 1982
| designated_other1_number = N1067
| image = FoundersRock.JPG
| caption = Founders' Rock
| locmapin = United States Oakland#California#USA
| map_label = Founders' Rock
| coordinates = {{coord|37.8753333|-122.2568815|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Berkeley, California]], U.S.
| nearest_city = 
| area = 
| built = 
| architect = 
| architecture = 
| designated = 
| added = March 25, 1982
| established = 
| visitation_num = 
| visitation_year = 
| refnum = 82004642
| mpsub = University of California, Berkeley MRA
| designated_other2 = Berkeley Landmark
| designated_other2_number = 149
| designated_other2_date = February 25, 1991<ref name="BAHA">{{cite web|title=Berkeley Landmarks|publisher=Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association|url=http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/landmarks.html|accessdate=2013-03-04}}</ref>
}}


'''Founders' Rock''' is a historical site located on the corner of Hearst Avenue and Gayley Road, in [[Berkeley, California]], U.S..<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cerny |first=Susan |date=March 3, 2001 |title=Founder's Rock marks the beginnings of UC. Category |url=https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2001-03-03/article/3716?headline=Founder-s-Rock-marks-the-beginnings-of-UC |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=The Berkeley Daily Planet |page=1}}</ref> The spot, according to college lore, where the 12 [[trustee]]s of the [[College of California]], the nascent [[University of California, Berkeley]], stood on April 16, 1860, to dedicate the property they had just purchased.<ref name=":0" /> This is, supposedly, the same spot where [[Frederick H. Billings]] stood in 1866 when he remembered [[Bishop Berkeley]]'s verse — "Westward the course of empire takes its way" — and thus inspired the name of the new city. 

A plaque was put on this spot on Charter Day in 1896, by the graduating class.<ref name=":0" /> It is listed as one of the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since March 25, 1982;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founders' Rock |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/82004642 |website=NPGallery Digital Asset Management System}}</ref> listed as a [[California Historical Landmark]] since March 25, 1982;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founders' Rock |url=https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/N1067 |website=Office of Historic Preservation |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and a [[Berkeley Landmark]] since February 25, 1991.