Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3326BC114
Site Name
St Andrew's College Memorial Tower, Worcester Street, Grahamstown
Site Category
References
Reference Types
Website
Citation
https://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=9346
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 10:37
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, March 8, 2021 - 23:03.
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Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
They celebrate 100 years in this year on November each year there's a service in the chapel which ends around the clock tower ,where the names of all those Andrians who have died during the year are read out .it is a very moving service.Purpose:
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The Clock Tower was erected as a memorial to those OA's who died in WW1.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
In November 1921 and the clock tower was completed in 1923 .
Construction Materials
Stone
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Inscriptions
In memoriam of MCMXIV -MCMXVLLL 1921 and the clock tower was completed in 1923. Refer to the images.
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.307156, 26.519086
Eastern Cape
- Sarah Baartman
- Makana
Directions to Site
Corner de klerk street and Hooge street
Access details
Permission is given by the St Andrew's School.
Media
Media
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