Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Landdrost, Post and Telegraph Office Potchefstroom, North West DEPARTEMENT VAN PUBLIEKE WERKEN - ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK: Architect Hermanus Cornelus LUITINGH: Project Architect Sytze Wopkes WIERDA: Design Architect

Date: 1896 Type: Magistrate's Court Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°42'54.44" S 27°05'41.48" E Alt: 1343m

See more photographs Initially housing the offices of the magistrate, police, clerical staff and post office, this building's cornerstone was laid on 6 July 1895. Architecturally the building differs from most other buildings of the ZAR era in that its mansard roof shows obvious French influence. (Richardson, 2001: 268) Read the article Landdrost-, Post- en Telegraafkantoor – most beautiful magistrate’s court of all by Lennie Gouws, Sep 25, 2025. References: Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pg 180 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 268