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Date: 1885 Type: Town Hall Status: Extant Street: 47 Voortrek Street   Click to view large map Coordinates: 34°01'14.22" S 20°26'35.33" E Alt: 135m

See more photographs This fine public building; dated 1885 features a striking chain-motif balustrade and ditto railing below. Its windows are arched, with plaster frames. The entrance, now at the side, was originally in Voortrek St. [Fransen 2004:460] 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 460