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Potchefstroom Boys' High School - Buxton Boarding House
Potchefstroom, North West

Date:1937
Type:Hostel
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
26°42'35.45" S 27°05'13.76" E Alt: 1346m

One of the boarding houses of Potchefstroom Boys' High School.

This hostel was named after Lord Buxton, the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1914 to 1928. The current building was constructed in 1937 and occupied in 1938. The area it is built in has a rustic rural feel to it. It can accommodate 70 boys.

(School website, accessed 2023 02 23)