Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2627CA59
Site Name
Magistrate Post and Telegraph office (currently SAPS sports club), Potchefstroom
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 18:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 18:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Judicial, but currently sports club.
Original Position
Original
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
Not on records
Construction Materials
Concrete bricks
Pedestal Material
Bricks
Event Commemorated
Not indicated
Unveiled Comment
Not indicated.
Inscriptions
Not indicated
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.715227, 27.094955
North West
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda
- JB Marks
Directions to Site
Head west on Boundary Rd toward Main Rd/M4, turn left onto main rd/m4, turn right onto Liesbeek river trail and you've Arrived.
Access details
Open for public, with restriction from the SAPS.
Media
Media
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magistrate at the corner of Kruger (then Milner) and Lombard Streets. At the
same time the main building of the adjacent Potchefstroom College for Boys
was built. The magistrate’s house, also known as the Residence, is unadorned
and reveals the rigid lines of the Edwardian government building. A dormer
window above the entrance hall gives prominence to the hipped roof with jerkin
heads and chimneys. The simple wooden veranda railings are characteristic of
this type of residence, and are unusual in Potchefstroom.Purpose:Date Unveiled: Not on recordsDesigner: Not on records.Builder: Not shownPerson/Institution Commemorated: Not indicated because we were restricted.Recorder Name: Kamohelo Tsotetsi
Vuyelwa Jushwa
Sidwell Thibile
North West Dr kk District