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Albert Road 7, Mowbray
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Jul 14, 2011

Albert Road 7, Mowbray

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 June 1984.

Casa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
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Jul 14, 2011

Casa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg

Clifford Hume Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed...

Beach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
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Jul 14, 2011

Beach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg

These properties, located between Muizenberg and St James, are the only remaining concentration of early 20th century Ed...

Boshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
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Jul 14, 2011

Boshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands

The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. Its construction dates ...

Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
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Jul 14, 2011

Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.

Strand Street, or Sea Street as it was previously known, was a fashionable road that initially ran alongside Cape Town's...

Inn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

Inn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town

Inn On The Square is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centu...

Grand Parade, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

Grand Parade, Cape Town

The Parade is inseparably associated with the Castle and was used by its garrison as a training ground. Despite this, ho...

Egyptian Building, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

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 resc...

Drill Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

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 Co...

Klein Zoar, Wemyss Road, Brooklyn, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

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, p...

Keerom Street 14, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

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 wa...

Dutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

Dutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town

The South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakers­vallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and ...

Bree Street 122, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

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 Ge...

Bree Street 173, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

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 concer...

Breakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

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 cons...

Dutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

Dutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town

This complex dates from 1892 and includes the church building, Cornelia House, and the William Frederick School. It was ...

Devonshire Villa, 33 Carstens Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

Devonshire Villa, 33 Carstens Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town

The dwelling is an excellent example of late Victorian architecture and was erected in 1893-94 by WN Cook, an affluent d...

Cape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
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Jul 14, 2011

Cape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 August 1978 The Cape Flats has the world’s hi...

Congregational Church, Main Road, Claremont
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Jul 14, 2011

Congregational Church, Main Road, Claremont

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 November 1977.

Arderne Public Gardens, Main Road, Claremont
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Jul 14, 2011

Arderne Public Gardens, Main Road, Claremont

A park, in the Cape Town suburb of Claremont. Named after Roger Arderne, a British immigrant who owned the estate, of wh...

Goede Hoop Wine Estate
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Jul 14, 2011

Goede Hoop Wine Estate

The Bestbier family first bought this farm in 1928 and today it’s still run by the family with Pieter Bestbier (now a th...

Dutch Reformed Church, Weyers Street, Durbanville-Bergsig
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Jul 14, 2011

Dutch Reformed Church, Weyers Street, Durbanville-Bergsig

In the year 1824 a number of farm owners, living on the outskirts of Cape Town. Petitioned Lord Somerset, the Governor o...

Elizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Elizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 August 1975.The building has wood windows, old lamps,...

First University Building, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

First University Building, Bloemfontein

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 December 1976.

Boom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Boom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein

The so-called Tree of Conspiracy stands on the farm Onze Rust, and once belonged to Marthinus Steyn, the last President ...

Hertzog House, 19 Goddard Street, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Hertzog House, 19 Goddard Street, Bloemfontein

The building was erected in 1895 for the family of General JBM Hertzog who lived there until 1928. It was declared a Nat...

Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein

The gardens were established in 1967 and they are of particular scientific and environmental importance. They contain th...

Green Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Green Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein

The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention) was a convention whereby the United King...

Houses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Houses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein

These three buildings form the historical core of Grey College, the oldest school in the Free State. Brill House and And...

Groote Schuur Estate
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Jul 14, 2011

Groote Schuur Estate

Cecil Rhodes had a herbivorous menagerie on his estate and in 1896 he was given two lions and a leopard, for which he bu...