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Public school for Girls
Beaufort West, Western Cape

John PARKER: Architect

Date:1879 : 1898
Type:School
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
32°21'01.40" S 22°35'01.06" E Alt: 853m

Additions were done by John PARKER in 1898.

In 2004 the building was being used as municipal offices.

(PSB:53)

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:

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 549
Kramer, Patricia & Proust, Alain. 2021. Hidden Karoo. Cape Town: Struik Lifestyle. pg 46 ill, 47
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 68