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Also known as EAC DAVIS and called Coombe or Bert. Born in Uitenhage. He articled with JONES and McWILLIAMS. Bert Coombe-Davis worked for the rest of his life in the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT in Port Elizabeth from around the mid 1920's. The City Engineer at this time was JJ BURT, who had previously been the assistant city engineer, presumably under Ernest STEVENSON. Burt and Coombe-Davies were largely responsible for the Public Works Building carried out in the Art Deco Style. These include The North End Public swimming baths in 1930, which is extant, The North End Health Centre, demolished in the 1990's. The Mount Road Power station 1931 and demolished in 1987. The Wool Exchange on Military Road and the Law Courts in North End both extant. They were also responsible for the first of the electrical sub-stations which were built around 1934. The small buildings have pitched roofs and subtle Art Deco decoration to the walls. When Eric VOS joined the department in 1935, he redesigned the sub-station. The new buildings are in the International Style, with curved corners, flat roofs and streamline bands around the top. In 1959 he was still listed as working in Port Elizabeth. When he retired he was in the position of Chief Architect (Gerald Humphrey 2014) Coombe-Davis was a keen radio ham and served in the South African Air Force Radio signals during the Second World War. List of projects With photographs With notes
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