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State Bank and Mint
Central Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng
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Click to view map Coordinates: | The State Bank and Mint with its Republican facade stands in the north-western corner of the square. The foundation stone of this important building was laid by Kruger on 6 July, 1892 and contained the usual coins, newspapers and a scroll-full of signatures. Divided into five sections, the ground floor is rusticated, the arched central entrance being reached up a flight of shallow steps; the windows on either side are also arched and look out over little balustraded balconies; the portico consists of double sets of columns, one above another, supporting a tympanum above the second-floor windows; the remainder of the upper-floor windows are divided by pilasters and have elaborate surrounding mouldings, those of the end sections having little balconies similar to those on the ground floor; the roof is hidden by a balustraded parapet, broken in the centre by the tympanum and at either end by curved sections; deep cornices and string courses divide the building horizontally at both roof level and first-floor level. (Picton-Seymour, 1977:290.) Books that reference State Bank and Mint
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