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Date: 1884 Type: Railway Station Style: Victorian Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°35'24.88" S 26°53'19.45" E

The new premises of the Kowie History Museum (December 2013) Wording on National Monuments Council plaque: RAILWAY STATION THIS STATION BUILDING IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN PORT ALFRED AND GRAHAMSTOWN WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED ON 1 OCTOBER 1884. FROM 1905 PORTIONS OF IT WERE LEASED TEMPORARILY, BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL REASONS, BY THE KOWIE RAILWAY COMPANY FOR USE AS A PUB AND BOARDING HOUSE. THE STATION AND RAILWAY LINE WERE OWNED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES UNTIL 1913 WHEN IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT. Proclaimed      1985      Geproklameer HIERDIE STASIEGEBOU IS TEN NOUSTE VERBONDE MET DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE SPOORLYN TUSSEN PORT ALFRED EN GRAHAMSTAD WAT OP 1 OKTOBER 1884 AMPTELIK GEOPEN IS. GEDEELTES DAARVAN IS VANAF 1905 VANWEË FINANSIËLE REDES TYDELIK DEUR DIE KOWIE SPOORWEGMAATSKAPPY VERHUUR VIR GEBRUIK AS KROEG EN LOSIESHUIS. DIE STASIE EN SPOORLYN WAS IN BESIT VAN PRIVATE MAATSKAPPYE TOT 1913 TOE DIT DEUR DIE STAAT OORGENEEM IS. National Monuments Council Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede Now a Provincial Heritage Site. Books that reference Railway Station Building Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 215 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 37-38