Rand Club - Third
Johannesburg,
Gauteng
Design Architect 1902-1904: Frank EMLEY
Architect 1902-1904: LECK and EMLEY
Architect alterations 1935: REID and MARTIN
| Rand Club - ThirdJohannesburg, Design Architect 1902-1904: Frank EMLEY |
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Notes: The third Rand Club was built during the depression after the Anglo-Boer War at a cost of £112,000. During building operations the club was temporarily housed in the North Western Hotel. It replaced the Second Rand Club building. Alterations were made in 1935. Read Rand Club - A Grand Past with an Uncertain Future, an article by Kathy Munro on the Heritage Portal, Thursday, 3 September, 2015. Inscription of Blue Plaque: JOHANNESBURG CITY HERITAGE (SAAE&S Jnl Aug 1907:192-93; SAB Aug 1935:43; Rand Club 1957:69; Planning 77 Dec/Jan 1985/6:11) Read an interesting article Inside South Africa’s exclusive private club for the ultra-rich by Shaun Jacobs, 2 February 2025 in Daily Investor. |
References:
| Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pg 41 ill, 42, 151 |
| de Mervelec, Patrick & Chipkin, Clive M. 2013. Johannesburg : architecture and heritage. South Africa: In Camera Art Publications. pg 94, 94-95 |
| Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 126 |
| Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett. 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 98, 98 ill |
| Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 133, 135 ill |
| Lipman, Alan Robert. 2003. Architecture on my mind : critical readings in design. Pretoria: Unisa Press. pg 128-131 |
| Neame, LE. 1957. The Rand Club 1887-1957. Johannesburg: Rand Club. pg 60-88 |
| Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 337 ill, 339, 343, 347 |
| Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pg 153 ill |
| Praagh, LV. 1906. Transvaal and its mines, The : the encyclopedic history of the Transvaal. London: Praagh & Lloyd. pg 252 ill |
| van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 122, 123 ill |
 North side of east elevation  Columned loggia over entrance  Broken pediment with Rand Club initials over entrance on east elevation  Detail of mannerist columns on east elevation  Detail of complex bracketed hood over window on east elevation  Detail of brackets on east elevation  Detail of bronze capital at entrance on east elevation  Detail of classical brass column base at entrance on east elevation  Dome over internal circulation area  Blue plaque |
 From A Photographic Souvenir of the Transvaal, published by Sallo Epstein, 1906. Photo caption “The Rand Club. The Pioneer Club just rebuilt”. Collections of the Library of Parliament Acc. No. 1120 (26c).  Drawing 180 of 365 by Shaun Gaylard  View down Loveday Street |