Coordinates: 26°10'25.57" S 28°01'48.70" E Alt: 1719m
Transcription of Blue Plaque:
JOHANNESBURG CULTURAL LEGACY
YE ROKKES
This home was designed in eclectic style in 1902
by Aburrow and Treeby for John Jolly, a merchant and
founding director of Premier Diamond Mine. Later notable
occupants include F Glenton, tea importer, AA von Maltitz,
mining engineer and director of Anglovaal companies, his
wife Gerda von Maltitz, painter, and their daughters Amalie
von Maltitz, sculptor, in Stalhuis, the converted stables,
and Alida van Deventer, artist and marionette master.
Alida used the billiard room as a small theatre,
performing there for over five decades.
