Donnelley House Directions

The map below shows how to get to the Donnelley House. The red "X" marks the location of our home near the high point on Highway 13 just below and to the right of "Willard Park". Highway 13 is Ashby Avenue there in green in Berkeley. You can use this interactive map to help find your way. As you can see (below or on the interactive map) you can get to Ashby by
  1. Entering Berkeley directly from the southeast along Highway 13 or
  2. Exiting Highway 80 at Ashby (Hwy 13) east into Berkeley (from the north or west) or
  3. Exiting Highway 24 at Highway 13 north into Berkeley (from the east or south up Highway 880).
You then follow Ashby (Highway 13) to Benvenue Avenue (just about where the red "X" is, see the detailed map below) or to College if you are going directly to the College Avenue parking lot (see discussion below).
Berkeley city map

This next map shows a more detailed view. To reach our house directly you can turn north on Benvenue (toward the University, away from the library) and go one block until you see the view below. Parking is limited to 2 hours between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. in front of our house. We generally leave our driveway open for one guest's car. We also have parking passes for others.

If parking is unavailable in front or near our house (sometimes happens on Cal game days, on weekend evenings, or if we have a lot of visitors), you can also try the parking lot that is available for College Avenue shopping (the green "X" on the map). To get to that lot you instead turn north on College (one block east of Benvenue) and then left (west) from College onto Russell. That segment of Russell is only 1/2 a block and forces you into the parking lot. The Donnelley House is about a half block west on Russell where the red "X" marks the spot. You can easily see the big orange Donnelley house from the entrance to the College Avenue parking lot. There's a barrier (shown in red on the map below) that prevents cars from passing between Benvenue and College on Russell - so if you are on one side and want to get to the other, you have to go around the block. Parking in that lot (the green "X") is free Sunday and the lot is generally fairly empty that day since most of the stores are closed. Parking in that lot is also free after 6 P.M. on other days (but check the meter). You can try parking near our house any day, but you sometimes have to hunt a bit.

Donnelley House map

Once you get close the place is easy to see. Look for the large orange house with the room on the roof:


(seen from traveling north off Ashby on Benvenue)

Give us a call if you get lost!

Yvonne, Jed, Faye, and Claire Donnelley
2835 Benvenue Avenue
Berkeley, California 94705-2103

(510) 644-3828 or 548-4590 (Webstart voice mail) or [cell phone] (510) 207-5713 or E-mail: