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Art Gallery - Drill Hall Kimberley, Northern Cape

Date: 1892 Client: South African International Exhibition Type: Drill Hall Style: Industrial Archaeology : Military structure Status: Extant

This building was constructed as the Art Gallery for the South African International Exhibition of 1892. The building after 1899 served as the Headquarters of the Kimberley Regiment formed in that year from the Diamond Fields Horse and Kimberley Rifles with the outbreak of the South African (Anglo-Boer) War. It has been occupied by the military ever since. It was bought by the Kimberley Regiment in 1893 with the assistance of De Beers Co. for £1 000. The original building has been much added to. (Source: Restorica 5, 1978, p20.) Books and articles that reference Art Gallery - Drill Hall Alberts, Paul. 1992. South African military buildings photographed : an historical heritage. Cape Town: The Gallery Press. pg 50, 51 ill