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Date: 1941 Client: Transvaal Provincial Administration Department of Education Type: School Style: Modern Status: Extant Street: Auret Street between Kolbe Street and Retief Street   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°42'21.82" S 27°05'23.30" E Alt: 1344m

NEW TUITION BLOCK FOR POTCHEFSTROOM COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL Completion of First Stage of Two-Fold Scheme The contract for the Potchefstroom Commercial High School was signed on January 27th last. A contract period of nine months was allowed for the undertaking, the building being due for completion by the end of September. The cost of erection will be approximately £15,000. Only the first portion of the scheme has been carried out. This comprises the Tuition Block. An Assembly Hall unit will probably be erected in the near future. The new school has quite a considerable site bounded on either side by Kolbe and Mooi Streets. The Tuition Block faces Auret Street. The general appearance of the new building is fresh and attractive. Its elevations are carried out in golden-brown brick with dark burnt purple facings to the doorways and the plinth. White cornice moulds have been placed over the ground and first-floor windows, and the roof is covered with multi-coloured slate to complete the harmony. The windows are on the large side, and are fitted with single-pane casements to ensure the maximum of light and air to the 12 class-rooms. Circular windows have been used to give light over the blackboards. These are set in the large mass of plain walling at each end of the front elevation, an arrangement which lends an appearance of strength and restfulness to the building. (TURNER NEWHAM in PWSA October 1941 Vol VI no 36:11) 2026: Now the Vuselela TVET College.