Places
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Marakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a 'place of sanctuary' for an…
Residence, 115 Charles Street, Brooklyn, Pretoria
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 June 1989. The Street Name has since been changed to; "Justice Mahomed…
Oost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
The school was founded in 1897 and is the oldest surviving school in Pretoria. The original portion of the building was probably designed…
Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 as the centre for the then bacteriological laboratory…
Lions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
The bridge was designed by the Department of Public Works of the ZAR, under the guidance of Sytze Wierda. It was built by JJ Kirkness and…
NZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
The building was erected by the Netherlands-South Africa Railway Co, probably in 1896, and is the largest and best remaining example of the…
Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
In 1892 the first Psychiatric Institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnige Gesticht, was established in 1892. Later…
Official residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
This building was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1903 as the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of British…
Mea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
This dwelling was designed and built in about 1899 by A Westenberg and C van der Made, both engineers employed by the Netherelands-South…
Koedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
This site is now part of the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. On 17 March 1920 it was the first landing place in the Union…
Springbok Park, Hatfield, Pretoria
The Park was formerly known as Grosvenor Square and was conceived in 1905 when the Suburb of Hatfield was laid out. Development only…
Old Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
The simple brick structure and its adjacent chimney contained the boiler and blower house of a blast furnace and formed part of the iron…
Die Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef is one of South Africa’s most well known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the…
Burgers Park, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 March 1979. Renowned these days, for its tranquility in the busy City…
Pretoria High School for Girls, Park Street
Pretoria High School for Girls was started by Lord Milner in 1902 as part of his efforts to anglicise the Transvaal under British…