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Date: c1896 : 1897 Type: Pharmacy Status: Adaptive re-use Street: 309-11 Long St   Click to view large map Coordinates: Alt: 32m

Alterations recorded in 1897 (Pryce Lewis list). When Rennie inspected the building in Oct 1977, it was vacant. He noted: "Previously Gardens Pharmacy etc. Cast-iron ridge lettering LENNON LTD recently removed." From at least 2009 - 2015 it had a travel bureau downstairs and a backpackers' lodge upstairs. In 2017 it had a coffee shop downstairs and a bar upstairs. Since c2022 it is a pizza restaurant (Google street view). See also Lennon's Building which stood in Adderley St. References: Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 43 Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 20,63 Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 254 item 75.27