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PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
The Property was purchased in 1940 by a Dutch diamond trader known as Messias, who had a House erected upon it. During WWII Italian prisoners of war were used…
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
This imposing dwelling was completed in 1911 for TF Allen, who subsequently became Mayor of Johannesburg from 1917 to 1919. It is a testament to the high…
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
This dwelling, designed by Herbert Baker in 1902 as his own home, is an important component of Parktown's surviving architectural character. It makes use of…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp, on the Farm- 'Swartkrans'. They are believed to have been discovered in about 1896 or 1897, and were opened…
PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 20 September 1974. This delightful Sir Herbert Baker church is near the South West corner…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 5 November 1976. St Margaret's was built in 1905 and is not visible from the road, but what a…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
The St Andrew's congregation was established in 1890 and the cornerstone of the present church building, designed in a neo-Gothic style, was laid by Lord…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
The Roodepoort Town School was established in the 1890s and its premises, including a School Building and a Hall, were opened on 8 October 1913. In 1914 the…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation Clock'. This might be a good point for city councillors to stress when they next…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 February 1965. When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in Lithuania…
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
Pilrig House is situated at; no.1 Rockridge Road. A classic Baker House built in the arts and crafts style, with a stone and mortar base up to first level, and…
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
The dwelling was designed by JC Watson and completed in 1906 for the firm of Fraser & Chalmers as the home for its General Manager, WE Park. The Building is a…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
It was declared a National Monument underold legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
The building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for the new Roodepoort-Maraisburg municipality. It was…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. (Note the National Monuments plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
The building was designed by Sytze Wierda, chief architect of the ZAR's Public Works Department. Its foundation stone was laid on 15 October 1890 and…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
The original building was apparently already in existence in 1890 when it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining village of Florida. The structure was…
PlaceOld Crown Mines Headquarters, 5 Press Lane, Selby, Johannesburg
The building was designed by Herbert Baker after the amalgamation of eight mining companies in April 1909, when Crown Mines Ltd was founded. The office complex…
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
The building, with its richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the old Transvaal railway system. It was…
PlaceNorth Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg
North Lodge was modeled on French and Scottish castles! The building, designed by Herbert J Aldwyncle, was completed in 1906 for for the “Oats King” Henry…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
A mobile South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the Museum railway yard at SANRASM, Krugersdorp. This Kitson locomotive was, in 1983,…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made to reorganize the educational facilities in the Transvaal. These had…
PlaceThe Homestead, 3 Homestead Lane, Homelake, Randfontein
The Property known as the Homestead, situated at 3 Homestead Avenue, Homelake, Randfontein. Consisting of the Dwelling-House and the Outbuildings. It was…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West (Soweto). The museum is named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those that…
PlaceGlenshiel, Westcliff, Johannesburg
Glenshiel is a National Monument in Westcliff , Johannesburg! It was built in 1908, and designed by Sir Herbert Baker. It’s a gorgeous building with incredible…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
Emoyeni, the ‘Place in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, keeping its original name through the decades…
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
When Lourens Geldenhuys was 14, his father moved them to the gold reef, where their farm began searching for gold, this became the Geldenhys Estate! Lourens…
PlaceFulham Road 143, Brixton, Johannesburg
This structure, which combines a shop with onsite residential premises for its owner, was erected before 1905 and is the only wood and iron building to have…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
On Thursday 08 July 1897 two daughter congregations ceceded from the DR Church Johannesburg, being the DR Church Jeppestown and the DR Church Johannesburg East…