Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2827DD2
    Site Name
    General Fick Museum, Old Market Square, Ficksburg
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.872038, 27.875056
      Free State
      • Thabo Mofutsanyane
      • Setsoto
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 52
      Old Market Square
      Ficksburg
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This sandstone building, completed in 1893, is a fine example of the magistrate offices erected in the Orange Free State during the Late Republican period. This building together with the adjacent town hall and old post office form an atrtractive architectural unit, which exercises a strong influence on the surrounding environment.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property together with the Old Magistrate's Office building (now known as the General Fick Museum) thereon,

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      10047
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2836
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings