Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria

Coordinates: -25.7540, 28.1960
Updated: 18 Apr 2019

This dwelling was designed and built in about 1899 by A Westenberg and C van der Made, both engineers employed by the Netherelands-South Africa Railway Co, for their own occupation. It is one of the last remaining examples of the mansions that characterised this part of Pretoria during the latter years of the 19th century. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October 1980.

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Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria

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South African History Online. (2011, July 14). Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0066221

South African History Online (2011) 'Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria', South African History Online, 14 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0066221 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).

South African History Online, Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0066221, (accessed 24 September 2026).

"Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria." South African History Online, 14 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0066221. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0066221.