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Thatched Tavern, Old - Tavern Hotel
Central Cape Town, Western Cape

John PARKER: Architect upgrade 1899
FORSYTH and PARKER: Architect rebuild 1937

Date:n.d. : 1899 : 1937
Type:Hotel
Status:Demolished c1968
Street:Greenmarket Sq

 


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Coordinates:
33°55'23.58" S 18°25'12.42" E Alt: 35m

(SAB May 1937:58)

Also referred to as Ye Olde Thatched Tavern.

Walker states that the 1899 upgrades are unknown as the plans were mislaid.

It was demolished c1968 together with the adjacent original Cape Argus Building and both replaced by an extension of the 1930s Argus Newspaper Co building.

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.


Books that reference Thatched Tavern, Old - Tavern Hotel

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