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Date: 1935 Type: Flats with shops to street Style: Art Deco Status: Extant Street: 60 Plein Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°11'59.16" S 28°02'43.87" E Alt: 1765m

(SAB Apr 1935; SA Acad 1936) A fine Art Deco building consisting of 10 floors of apartments over Retail units at ground floor. Main facade divided into sections, with the 2 outer sections having a horizontal emphasis while the central section has a vertical emphasis. Decorative Art Deco panels are used between the first and second floors, as well as second and third floors of the central section only. (Gerald Humphrey 2017) 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. Books that reference Stanhope Mansions Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pg 114 ill, 115