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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…
Rust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
The original date of construction of the dwelling has not been definitely established but it is assumed that it was built, in its present…
St Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
In 1799, during the first British occupation of the Cape, the Governor, Sir George Yonge, appropriated a portion of Riebeeck Square to…
Bertram House, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1962. A part of the Cape Town Campus of UCT- Hiddingh Hall…
Grand Parade, Cape Town
The Parade is inseparably associated with the Castle and was used by its garrison as a training ground. Despite this, however, for many…
Riebeeck Square, Cape Town.
Riebeeck Square developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and marks the point where…
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 centuries ago. In 1834,…
Old Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so then its management committee began to require a meeting place to discuss the…
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 sea front…
Koopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
The land was granted at the turn of the 18th century by Governor Willem Adriaan van de Stel to a rich merchant, Reynier Smedinga. Tradition…
Van Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settlement at the Cape…
King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line, was extended by…