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Date: 1920 Type: University Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°11'31.23" S 28°01'49.36" E Alt: 1773m

Won comp, EMLEY of EMLEY and WILLIAMSON appointed co-architects with COWIN & POWERS, later COWIN, POWERS & ELLIS (Building Jun 1922:52; Building Dec 1922:108; SAB Jan 1923:14; SAB Jul 1928 suppl ill; Greig 1971:143; Murray 1982:105) 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. Books that reference University of the Witwatersrand, Central Block - Robert Sobukwe Block Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pg 78,79,189,271 Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 143 Murray, Bruce K. 1982. Wits, the early years : a history of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and its precursors, 1896-1939. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. pg 105 van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 185,186