Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3227CD16
Site Name
Old Railway station, Alexandra Road, King William's Town
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:17
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Associated People
History of use
Use Period | Use | |
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Location
Location
Mapping
-32.880638, 27.394522
Eastern Cape
- Buffalo City
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Address:
117 Alexandra Road
King William's Town
117 Alexandra Road
King William's Town
Directions to Site
LOW LANDMARK VALUE. STANDS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Statement of Significance
This stone building was officailly opened as a raliway station on 1 May 1877. After the relocation it was acquired in 1933 by the De Vos Malan Primary School. The building is now used as School Board offices.
The old station is closely associated with the history of the extension of the railway line from East London to the north.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The old Railway Station, together with an area of five metres from the wall facing the platform and including the platform, situate on Erven 1320 and 1321, King William's Town, as shown on survey diagrams 774/1933, dated 5 April 1933, and 4726/44, dated 24 October 1944.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
6331
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
391
Archive Status
National monument
6331-391.pdf (35.44 KB)
Media
Media
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