First Unitarian Church, Historic church building in Berkeley, United States

First Unitarian Church is a two-story wood-shingled structure originally designed as a church and now located at Bancroft Way on the UC Berkeley campus. The building maintains its original architectural features while currently serving as a dance studio and educational facility for the university.

Designed by architect A.C. Schweinfurth in 1898, the building originally served as a church and reflects late 19th century religious architecture. The University of California acquired it in 1960 for dance education and gained recognition on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

The building was the first meeting place of the Hillside Club, founded in 1898 to promote Arts and Crafts principles in the growing university town. Its later names, University Dance Studio and Bancroft Dance Studio, record its reuse by the university after the land was acquired in 1960.

The building stands on the UC Berkeley campus at Bancroft Way, where it is used as a dance studio; access follows the university's arrangements for that facility rather than a public visitor entrance. The original Dana Street frontage no longer exists, so approach from the campus side. Seismic upgrades and new shingles were added in 1999.

Architect A. C. Schweinfurth used sections of redwood tree trunks as pillars and industrial-style metal sash windows, both unusual choices for a church. The building was his last project: he died of typhoid fever in September 1900 during a European tour, before the church was completed.