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Title: Palm Tree Mosque, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Islam, Architecture, Historical monuments
Description: The Palm Tree mosque and the two remaining in Long Street from which it derives its name. It was not built as a mosque but is a converted house serving as a mosque upstairs and the Imam's house below. It is believed to have been built around 1787 by Carel Lodewijk Schot.
Identifier: islandora:17445

Title: Bree Street, Cape Town, 1977
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Roads, Historical
Description: Historic Bree Street Building is the subject of a warning letter to the Cape Town City Council from the Cape Provincial Institute of Architects.
Identifier: islandora:17501

Title: Insurance plan of Cape Town
Subject: Insurance -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Fire risk assessment -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Historic buildings -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Each sheet shows the plan and vertical cross-section of buildings on the blocks bounded by: Sheet 1, Wale, St George's, Waterkant and Adderley streets; Sheet 2, Wale, Burg, Waterkant and St George's streets; Sheet 3, Wale, Long, Waterkant and Burg streets; Sheet 4, Wale, Loop, Waterkant and Long streets; Sheet 5, Wale, Bree, Waterkant and Loop streets; Sheet 6, Wale, Buitengracht, Waterkant and Bree streets; Sheet 7, Boom, Plein, Darling and Zieke streets; Sheet 8, Stal, Grave, Darling and Plein streets; Sheet 9, Garden of new Houses of Parliament, Adderley Street, Standard Bank buildings and Grave Street., Each sheet indicates the materials used in the construction of buildings, the uses of most buildings, height in stories, roof type and street widths., Black and white photographic copies. The original plan is colour coded.
Identifier: islandora:19903

Title: Cartwright's Corner building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, City planning, Urban development, Demolition
Description: The old Cartwright's Corner building, a splendid example of Victorian ornateness, was in keeping with other similar buildings in Adderley Street. The new building on this site,though one of the better examples of modern architecture, dwarfs the beautiful old Standard Bank Building in its original setting. (Published 15 August 1974). Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17345

Title: First railway engine made in South Africa
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Transport, Manufacturing
Description: The first railway engine to be made in South Africa: Railway Steam Engines.
Identifier: islandora:17431

Title: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, 1953
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17326

Title: Burg Street, Cape Town, 1991
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Churches, Religion, Urban development, Historic buildings
Description: The Old: The Metropolitan Methodist church hall and former bookshop in Burg Street which are due to be demolished.
Identifier: islandora:17504

Title: Insurance plan of Cape Town
Subject: Insurance -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Fire risk assessment -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Historic buildings -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Each sheet shows the plan and vertical cross-section of buildings on the blocks bounded by: Sheet 1, Wale, St George's, Waterkant and Adderley streets; Sheet 2, Wale, Burg, Waterkant and St George's streets; Sheet 3, Wale, Long, Waterkant and Burg streets; Sheet 4, Wale, Loop, Waterkant and Long streets; Sheet 5, Wale, Bree, Waterkant and Loop streets; Sheet 6, Wale, Buitengracht, Waterkant and Bree streets; Sheet 7, Boom, Plein, Darling and Zieke streets; Sheet 8, Stal, Grave, Darling and Plein streets; Sheet 9, Garden of new Houses of Parliament, Adderley Street, Standard Bank buildings and Grave Street., Each sheet indicates the materials used in the construction of buildings, the uses of most buildings, height in stories, roof type and street widths., Black and white photographic copies. The original plan is colour coded.
Identifier: islandora:19905

Title: Blue Lodge, Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Hotels, Historical monuments
Description: 206-208 Long Street, Cape Town: a late Victorian building erected at the turn of the 19th century and declared a national monument in 1983.
Identifier: islandora:17462

Title: Bo Kaap Museum, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Historic districts, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture
Description: The Bo-Kaap Museum in Wale Street, Cape Town, housed in what is believed to be the oldest surviving structure in the area formerly known as the Malay Quarter.
Identifier: islandora:17235

Title: Church in Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Church with a mural, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17328

Title: Bree Street, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Commerce
Description: Former warehouse at 156 Bree Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17508

Title: Lioness Gateway, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1957
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Historic buildings, Colonialism, Botanical gardens
Description: The Lioness Gateway in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town, designed by architect Louis Thibault in the early 1800s and with sculptures by Anton Anreith.
Identifier: islandora:17252

Title: Welgelegen, Rosebank, Cape Town, 1959
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Culture
Description: Welgelegen, Rosebank, a house in the Cape Dutch style, was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and built on the site of the old Mostert homestead. It was given by Mr J. C. Rhodes to Mr and Mrs John Blades Currey, who befriended him when he was a sickly youth at Kimberley, and it has been the Currey home since 1900.
Identifier: islandora:17464

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1876
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings
Description: Adderley Street, 1876. Looking towards the sea. Cape Town railway station far right. Elliot Collection. Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17369

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1920s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Roads, Urban development
Description: This is what Adderley Street looked liked in the 1920s, when the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce was already more than 100 years old (see far right).
Identifier: islandora:17347

Title: Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Cape Town, 1901
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Architecture, Royalty
Description: The Cape Town railway station is decorated in honour of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901.
Identifier: islandora:17415

Title: Wynberg Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town, 1986
Subject: Wynberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: Founded in 1829, the historical Wynberg Dutch Reformed Church has been the subject of drastic and unusual restoration measures, carried out by Gordon Verhoef and Krause, the well known Cape Town decorating company. The 700 mm thick walls were pushed aside by the roof structure and to remedy this craftsmen cut grooves 25 mm x 30 mm deep in two sets, 300 mm apart, on the inner and outer walls at eaves level. These grooves accommodated 12 mm thick high tensile steel cables anchored in steel plates at the end of the walls. The cables were then stressed hydraulically, secured and cut off flush with the face of the plates. They were then mortar caulked and faced up so that after re-decoration inside and outside one is unable to detect the building is now collared with steel. The history of the church goes back to the time when members of the Dutch Reformed Church living in Constantia and Simonstown, etc., found the distance to Cape Town becoming irksome. After some discussion as to whether a new church should be built in Mowbray or in Wynberg, Wynberg was chosen and application was made to the Government for a grant of land. In August 1831 the foundation stone was laid by Sir John Truter, father and founder of the congregation. Born in the Cape, he studied law and was for many years in the service of the Dutch East India Company. In 1809 he became fiscal and then, in 1812, Chief Justice. In 1820 he was knighted by King George IV, the first Afrikaner to be honoured. The church was finished in 18 months and dedicated in September 1832, but by 1843 the congregation had grown in size and two new wings were added. This enlarged church was in use until 1889 when the congregation had outgrown it again, and a new church was built on the site of the old one. The new church is substantially the same as the old one except for the spire which replaced an ornate lantern. Inside, the arched roof is supported by four grey granite pillars which were a gift from Cecil John Rhodes when the church was rebuilt. All that is left of the original structure is a little side building with a small bell arch which still summons the congregation to morning and evening services.
Identifier: islandora:17272

Title: Former New Apostolic Church, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: A night club and takeaways have replaced a New Apostolic church.
Identifier: islandora:17310

Title: Railway lines, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Urban development, City planning, Transport
Description: View taken from Cape Town's new post office, etc.
Identifier: islandora:17434

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