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Station Hotel Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape John PARKER: Architect 1900 : 1901 BLACK and FAGG: Architect 1912 Edwin Austin COOKE: Architect 1912

Date: pre 1889 : 1900 : 1901 : 1912 Client: Ohlssons Cape Breweries Type: Hotel Status: Demolished late 1960s

(Pryce-Lewis list item 1704). Alterations and addition of urinals (Pryce-Lewis list 1682). This belonged to Ohlssons Cape Breweries. One of many hotels that they owned in Cape Town – sales points for their beer. The Newlands Station Hotel (or simply 'Station Hotel') was in existence by 1889 (it's listed in the Argus Annual for that year, p 660). The City of Cape Town's Heritage Building Plans Register (2013) lists four later plans : 1900 : alterations (architect : J Parker) 1901 : addition of earth closet(s) (architect : J. Parker) 1912 : urinals, alterations and additions (architects : Black & Fagg) 1912 : no description (architect : Austin Cooke). (Arthur Radburn, January 2024)