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Location
Location
- Sarah Baartman
- Makana
Erf/Farm Portion: 3630
Address:
40A Somerset Street
Grahamstown
Gradings
Grading
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
The Construction of this gaol commenced on 16 April 1813. In April 1822 the Magistrate of Albany reported that the gaol was to small and was offensive in that a residential area adjoined it. It was in 1824 whereafter it became a school and later a library.
Declarations
Declaration
The property with the Old Prison building thereon, being Erf 6721 (portion of Erf 3630), Grahamstown, in the Municipality of Grahamstown, Administrative District of Albany, in extent 3 736 (three thousand seven hundred and thirty-six) square metres.
State Grant T25962, dated 19 July 1985.
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