PARKER and FORSYTH

Architect

The partnership between J PARKER and A FORSYTH in Cape Town; Forsyth joined Parker as an assistant in 1898 and was admitted to partnership in about 1905. The firm was officially known as Parker & Forsyth only from the beginning of 1905. The title remained thus until after Parker's death in 1921, it became Forsyth & Parker (cf FORSYTH & PARKER) in about 1923 when the firm was joined by Parker's son, JK PARKER. Forsyth was closely involved with the design work in the office, in 1905 he said that he had been concerned in all the major schemes of the last seven years, including Garlick's Building.

(Parker, Staniforth & Bieldt Gift, UCT Libr BC 729; Picton-Seymour 1977; SAA&B Feb 1905:103; SAA&B Mar 1905:122; Rennie 1978a, 1978b, 1983)

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

List of projects

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ABC Bldg: n.d.. Simonstown, Western Cape - Architect

African Homes Trust Building: 1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

African Homes Trust, shops, dwelling house: 1914. Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Alexander Hotel: n.d. : 1905. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1905 upgrades

Amsterdam Hotel: n.d. : 1904. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1904 upgrades

Bell, Webb and Bell Factory: 1919. Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Boys' High School: 1911. Worcester, Western Cape - Architect

Boys' High School, hostel: 1918-59. Worcester, Western Cape - Architect

Boys' High School, hostel, adds: 1920. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Bricklayers Arms Hotel: n.d.. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Cannon Hotel: n.d. : 1906. District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1906 upgrades

Cape Times Ltd Bldg: 1913. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Carl Herrmann Building: 1904. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Castle Wine and Brandy Co.: 1902 : 1904 : 1913 : 1937. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1913

Clothing Co Bldg: 1919. Worcester, Western Cape - Architect

Co-op Wine Farmers Assn Wine Stores: 1920. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect

Congregational Church: 1905. Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Cuthbert's Building: 1901. East London, Eastern Cape - Architect

Diep River Hotel: 1906. Diep Rivier, Western Cape - Architect

Disabled Soldiers Vocational Inst: 1917. Maitland, Western Cape - Architect

Dower House, alt: 1918. Rosebank, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Dunlop Rubber Co (SA) Ltd Bldg: 1917. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect *

EK Green & Co Bottle Store: 1905. Simonstown, Western Cape - Architect

European Hotel, alt: 1905. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Ferguson Hall: 1907-1908. Wellington, Western Cape - Architect

Galvin & Sales Bldg, alt: 1920. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect

Girls' High School, gym: 1909. Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Glencairn Hotel: c1906. Glencairn, Western Cape - Architect

GW Johnston Bldg: 1905. Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Hansa Hotel - Manchester Hotel: 1901 : 1936. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1936

Hepworths Ltd Warehouse: 1903. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Hermanus Private School, primary, kindergarten & high schools: 1910-65. Hermanus, Western Cape - Architect

Hermitage School: 1911. Swellendam, Western Cape - Architect

Hermon School, adds: 1920. Hermon, Western Cape - Architect

High Schools: pre-1905. East London, Eastern Cape - Architect

Hotel of All Nations: n.d. : 1906. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House A Forsyth: 1905. Rosebank, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House AH Culver (?): n.d. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

House AI Little: Pentlands: 1921. Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House AJ Lambrechts: 1911. Villiersdorp, Western Cape - Architect

House Blackburn (now House Boulder): n.d.. Bellevue, Simonstown, Western Cape - Architect

House CL Marais - Vredenhof: 1907. Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House EA Lankester (Blofield): 1905. Simonstown, Western Cape - Architect

House JD Low: 1913. Simonstown, Western Cape - Architect

House L Blumberg: 1915. Buffeljagsrivier, Western Cape - Architect

House Prof A MacDonald: 1918. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Houses, 1, 3, 5, 7: 1905. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Huguenot College : Girls' High School: 1907. Wellington, Western Cape - Architect

Imperial Hotel: n.d. : 1892 : 1901. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

J Dickinson & Co Bldg: 1909. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

J Garlick Bldg: c1905. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Kindergarten school: 1914. Montagu, Western Cape - Architect

Kindergarten school: 1911. Riversdale, Western Cape - Architect

Kodak SA Ltd Head Office – Kodak House – Tarquin House: 1919. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Kottlers Curio Shop: n.d. : 1906. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect alterations 1906

Lemoenhoek School for 64 pupils: 1914. Swellendam, Western Cape - Architect

Lever Bros Soap Factory: 1912?. Salt River, Western Cape - Architect

Liverpool & London Globe Insr Co Ltd Bldg: 1918. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Lutheran Church: 1791 : 1913-14. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect Alterations 1913-14

M Bloch & Co Bldg: 1918. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Majestic Hotel: 1916 : 1926. Kalk Bay, Western Cape - Architect 1916

Manse and hall: n.d.. Glencairn, Simonstown, Western Cape - Architect

Masonic Hotel, new wing: 1913. Kalk Bay, Western Cape - Architect

Mount Nelson Hotel: 1897 : 1898 : n.d. : 1922. Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1922 *

Mountain View Hotel: n.d. : 1905. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1905 upgrades

Navarre: 1927. Wellington, Western Cape - Architect

Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: n.d.. Robertson, Western Cape - Architect

Newlands House, measured drawing: n.d.. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect

NGK Pastorie - Parsonage: 1909. Montagu, Western Cape - Architect

Nottingham Castle Hotel: n.d. : 1905. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Ohlsson's Cape Breweries Ltd Bldg: c1915-71. Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Old House at Home Hotel: n.d.: 1893 : 1910. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect upgrades 1910

Poor School: c1905. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Poor School (now primary school): 1911. Beaufort West, Western Cape - Architect

Presbyterian Church: 1905. Maitland, Western Cape - Architect

Presbyterian Church Orphanage, scheme: 1913. Komani (Queenstown), Eastern Cape - Architect

Price Ltd Candle Factory: 1920. Salt River, Western Cape - Architect

Public School: 1910-56. Heidelberg, Western Cape - Architect

Public School - Public Library: 1909. Montagu, Western Cape - Architect

Queen of the South Hotel: n.d. : 1906. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1906 upgrades

Railway Hotel: pre-1913. Somerset West, Western Cape - Architect

Riversdale Public School for Boys: 1912. Riversdale, Western Cape - Architect

Robbie Nurock Day Hospital: 1905. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Rose Hotel: n.d. : 1907. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1907 upgrades

SA Bacon & Prov Industries Ltd factory: 1917. Wellington, Western Cape - Architect

SA Cleaning and Dyeing Works: 1914. Woodstock, Western Cape - Architect

SA Nectar Tea Co Ltd Warehouse: 1915. Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

SA Turf Club, adds, Kenilworth Race Course: 1920. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Sanderson House: 1911. Bantry Bay (Sea Point Munic), Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Sarsfield Hotel: n.d. : 1897 : 1905. District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect rebuild 1905

School: 1911. Bonnievale, Western Cape - Architect

School: 1914. Jamestown, Eastern Cape - Architect

School: 1917. Stormsvlei, Western Cape - Architect

School: 1906. Swellendam, Western Cape - Architect

School, alt: 1906. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

School, hostel for girls: 1911. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Sea Point High School: 1918. Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Shops/houses for H Atkyns: 1912. Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Silver Tree Bar: n.d. : 1905. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1905 upgrades

Soldiers and Sailors Club - Union Jack Club - RC Chancery Offices: 1917. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Solomon Memorial, Maitland Cemetery: n.d.. Maitland, Western Cape - Architect

South African Hope Hotel: n.d.: 1906. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect upgrade 1906

Southern Life Offices: c1904. Bloemfontein, Free State - Architect

Spes Bona Girls' Residence: 1914. Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

St George's Hotel: 1878 : 1902 : 1910 : 1911. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1910 upgrades *

St George's House: 1904. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

St George's Orphanage: pre 1895 : 1915. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

St George's Presbyterian Church: 1908. Wellington, Western Cape - Architect

Stuttaford & Co Ltd Bldg: 1906. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

T Maskew Miller bldgs: 1921. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

TE Lawton Bldg, alt: 1906. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Tivoli Theatre: 1901. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Towers, The: c1898 : 1918. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect 1918 additions

Training College: 1912. Wellington, Western Cape - Architect

Tranmere stable for EL Darter: 1913. Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Trovato House, stables for W Marshall: 1917. Wynberg, Western Cape - Architect

United Tobacco Co (South Ltd): 1914. Woodstock, Western Cape - Architect

United Tobacco Co - 32 on Kloof: 1922. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect 1922

University of Cape Town, alt to Hope Mill and other properties: 1919. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

University of Stellenbosch, Harmonie Hostel: 1905. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Victoria Hotel: 1800s : 1892 : 1902 : 1906. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect rebuild 1906 *

Victoria Hotel: 1800s : 1892 : 1902 : 1906. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect upgrades 1902 *

Villiersdorp Public School - De Villiers Graaff High School: 1906 : 1965. Villiersdorp, Western Cape - Architect

W Irving Building - now Carl Hermann Building: 1904. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Waterhof: 1919. Oranjezicht, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Wesleyan Mission School: 1913. Salt River, Western Cape - Architect

Wesleyan Teachers' Training College: 1914. Salt River, Western Cape - Architect

West End Public School: 1910-47. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Westminster House - G Campbell Dickson Building: 1918. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

WH Smith Warehouse & Offices: Papyrus House: 1919. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

White, Ryan and Co – Eastern Province Bldg Soc Building: 1898. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

WM Cuthbert: 1919. Worcester, Western Cape - Architect

WM Cuthbert and Co Ltd Factory: 1919. Wellington, Western Cape - Architect

Wm Spilhaus and Co Warehouse: 1916. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Wynberg School of Industry: 1836 : 1908. Wynberg, Western Cape - Architect 1908 additions

YWCA: 1902. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Books citing PARKER and FORSYTH

Parker, Howard. 2015. John Parker, 1866-1921 : architect and mayor of Cape Town. Wellington, New Zealand: Howard Parker. pp 25

Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pp 89 item 49.70

Walker, Michael. 2010. A Statement In Stone. Cape Town: Privately published by Michael Walker. pp 57-60

Walker, Michael. 2015. Old hotels of Cape Town (1890-1911), The : A history long forgotten, seldom told. St James: Published Privately. pp 4, 52, 61, 69, 72-74