Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3327BB7
    Site Name
    Old Public Library, Argyle Street, East London
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.014354, 27.90493
      Eastern Cape
      • Buffalo City
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 15275
      Argyle Street
      CBD
      East London
      Directions to Site
      1
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      These three buildings, with their Victorian, neo-classical and Renaissance features, form an integral part of the historical and architectural core of East London. Moreover, each of these buildings can, in its own right, be described as unique.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The facades of ... the Public Library building, ... situated on the following erven: Certain piece of land, being Lot A of Waterloo Square (now known as Erf 15275), situate in the Municipality of the City of East London, Division of East London.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      8918
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2185 (B)
      Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 855/1958
      Archive Status
      National monument
      8918-2185.pdf (56.01 KB)
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