Places
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Clocktower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
The Victorian Gothic-style Clock Tower is an icon of the old Cape Town Harbour. It was the original Port Captain's Office built in 1882…
Breakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 December 1970. The Breakwater Prison was constructed in 1860 to house…
Zonnebloem Cottages, Cambridge Street, Walmer Estate, Cape Town
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 September 1978.
Jan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The erf on which this double…
Bree Street 173, Cape Town
The two-storey building with cast-iron balcony dates from the late 19th century and houses a number of commercial concerns. It was declared…
Bree Street 122, Cape Town
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 July 1977. This house is one of the few remaining Georgian double…
Dutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
The South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakersvallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and to detribalised…
Keerom Street 14, Cape Town
This town house was erected on land, granted to Hermanus Smuts, in 1751 and once belonged to Johan Jacobus Graaf. It was declared a…
South African Library, Cape Town
The National Library of South Africa, as we know it today, was formed on 1 November 1999 as a result of the amalgamation of the two former…
Klein Zoar, Wemyss Road, Brooklyn, Cape Town
The house probably dates from the 18th century and is alleged to have been the home of Wolraad Woltemade who, in 1773, performed the heroic…
Drill Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
The foundation stone of the Drill Hall was laid on 2 October 1884 by Thomas Upington, then Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. The building,…
St George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
The double-storey building which, together with the adjacent St George's Cathedral, was designed by Herbert Baker, replaced the original…
Egyptian Building, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 May 1969.... It contains a large libary and many rescources!
Lodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
In 1772 the Masonic Order established its first lodge in the Cape under a warrant obtained from the Grand Lodge National of the Netherlands…
The Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
This Building has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC…