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- Nelson Mandela Bay
Humewood Road
Port Elizabeth
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This impressive Victorian house was erected in 1894 for Mr R H Hammersley-Heened, resident engineer and General Manager of the Railways. During the Second World War it served as a convalescent home for soldiers, sailors and airmen, 1 303 of whom were treated here. In 1960 it was sold to the Municipality of Port Elizabeth, which in 1967 leased the property to the International Youth Hostel Association for accommodation purposes. In 1979 the Naval Cadet Corps took over the lease.
The majestic Norfolk Pines next to the building were cultivated from seeds obtained from the Canary Islands.
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Declaration
The property together with the so-called T.S. Lanherne building and the three Norfolk Pines thereon, situate on Erf 488, a portion of Erf 351, Humewood, in the Municipality and Division of Port Elizabeth, in extent 4 925 square metres.
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