Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3227CD16
    Site Name
    Old Railway station, Alexandra Road, King William's Town
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      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
      Directions to Site
      LOW LANDMARK VALUE. STANDS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS
      Grading
      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.

      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)
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