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Date: 1932 Type: Hospital Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°56'29.72" S 18°27'39.22" E Alt: 73m

Two large granite foundation stones were included - one on each side of the Main Entrance into the building. The foundation stone on the left was inscribed in English, that on the right in Afrikaans. The wording of foundation stone on the left hand side is transcribed below: THIS STONE WAS LAID BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CLARENDON P.C. G.C.M.G GOVERNOR - GENERAL OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA ON THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL, 1932. Submitted by William MARTINSON Sketch scheme in conjunction with Dr Mackintosh of Glasgow Infirmary (FRIBA nom papers 1925). All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Digby, Anne, Phillips, Howard & Deacon, Harriet . 2008. At the Heart of Healing: Groote Schuur Hospital, 1938 - 2008. Auckland Park: Jacana. pg All Fisher, RC, Le Roux, SW & Maré, E (Eds). 1998. Architecture of the Transvaal. Pretoria: UNISA. pg 128, 175-196, 128, 175-196, 214, 215, 216 Shorten, John R. 1963. Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: JR Shorten in association with Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 183 ill.