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PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
The Elephant House, located on Ridge road on Durban's berea, was built in the early 1850's on the highest natural point on the Berea Ridge…
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
These two impressive verandah houses were erected in about 1903 on the instruction of mining magnate Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the…
PlaceColinton, 68 Ridge Road, Durban
The dwelling was built in 1898 by architect William Street-Wilson, as a residence for Sir David Hunter, General Manager of the Natal…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
Click on image to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 December 1975. Diagonally opposite - in West…
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
Named after Jonas Bergtheil, this museum is situated in the leafy suburb of Westville, almost midway between Durban and Pinetown. The…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
These three buildings form the historical core of Grey College, the oldest school in the Free State. Brill House and Andrew Murray House…
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
The Station Building, situate on a protion of the Farm Klipkraal 117 in the District of Bloemfontein. Situated on the Druenberg – Sannaspos…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention) was a convention whereby the United Kingdom formally…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
The gardens were established in 1967 and they are of particular scientific and environmental importance. They contain the only remaining…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
Also known as Witperd Klip. The stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed…
PlaceHertzog House, 19 Goddard Street, Bloemfontein
The building was erected in 1895 for the family of General JBM Hertzog who lived there until 1928. It was declared a National Monument…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
The so-called Tree of Conspiracy stands on the farm Onze Rust, and once belonged to Marthinus Steyn, the last President of the Free State,…
PlaceFirst University Building, Bloemfontein
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 December 1976.
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 August 1975.The building has wood windows, old lamps, and border trellis…
PlaceGovernment Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
The government building complex was completed in 1877 although its Volksraad Chamber was already in use on 31 May 1875. In 1895 the upper…