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Rovers' Club House, The Welkom, Free State Kenneth Stanley BIRCH: Architect

Date: 1962 Client: Mine Type: Clubhouse Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 27°58'34.17" S 26°44'00.96" E Alt: 1368m

'One of Welkom's best buildings ... architecturally, knocks many of Welkom's ''prestige'' buildings into a cocked hat' (Greig, 1971: 224). All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 224