This impressive structure with prominent Flemish-Renaissance features, was designed by architect JC Tully, of Tully & Waters, and was erected in 1900. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 August 1985.
Place record
Mowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray
- Coordinates
- -33.9484, 18.4710
- Updated
- 20 Jul 2026

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Mowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray
South African History Online. (2011, July 14). Mowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065830
South African History Online (2011) 'Mowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray', South African History Online, 14 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065830 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Mowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065830, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Mowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray." South African History Online, 14 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065830. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Mowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065830.
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