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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon HEUKELMAN, Jan Born: ? Died: 1954 Architect Heukelman was probably the son of the weaver Herman and his wife Hendrika Heukelman who, with their children, emigrated from the Netherlands to the ZAR in 1870 (Ploeger, 1989: 93). He was recorded in the Almanak of 1899 as working for the Departement van Publieke Werken of the ZAR in Pretoria as supervisor (3rd class). After the South African War he joined the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT in Pretoria in 1908 as a 2nd grade draughtsman and was still working as architect in Pretoria in 1927. Submitted an entry for the Competition for the new Prime Minister's Residence - unplaced. ISAA 1927. (ISAA mem list; PSL 1918, 1924; Rex, 1974:375) 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. Books citing HEUKELMAN ISAA. 1927. Register of Members the Institute of South African Architects. Johannesburg: ISAA (Unpublished Record). pp H5 Longland. 1979. Longland's Pretoria Directory for 1899 (Reprint No. 85). Pretoria: The State Library. pp 222 Rex, Hermann Moritz. 1974. Die Lewe en Werk van Sytze Wierda in Nederland met verwysing na sy betekenis vir die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. Pretoria: Unpublished Ph.D. pp 374