Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2824DB34
    Site Name
    Sol Plaatje Education Trust Library, (Sol Plaatje House) 32 Angel Street, Kimberley
    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
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.746108, 24.763367
      Northern Cape
      • Frances Baard
      • Sol Plaatje
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 11806
      Address:
      32 Angel Street
      New Park
      Kimberley
      Directions to Site
      High
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade I
      Grading Date
      GradingComment

      Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Plaatje besides being a politician was the first black man in S A to write an English novel and also

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The front facade of the house of Solomon T Plaatje, including the two front rooms as well as the front garden, situated on a portion of certain Erf 11806, Kimberley, in the Municipality and Administrative District of Kimberley.
      Deed of Transfer T2247/1991, dated 28 October 1991.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      14048
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1665
      Deeds Number
      CCT 743/68 dated 16 October 1968
      Diagram Number
      F2122/68
      Archive Status
      National monument
      14048-1665.pdf (24.81 KB)
      Media
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