Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2929DA70
    Site Name
    Himeville Fort, 34 Arbuckle (Cnr George) Street, Himeville: Undeclared section
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -29.749893, 29.512893
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • Sisonke
      • Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 36
      Address:
      34 Arbuckle Street
      Himeville
      Grading
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Declaration
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      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Several buildings forming a gaol, house and magistrate's Court. Have corrugated-iron roofs and are of sandstone. Buildings linked by a high, loop holed wall forming a rectangular fort. Sash or barred windows & 4-panel doors. Veranda of simple timber post.Interior: Internal parade ground/exercise area.Alter Desc: Mock stone addition to courthouse. New cells in central quad.SiteFeat: close to street, walled enclosure occupies almost the entire property.History: Built in 1898 as a goal, this structure is typical of police and prison fortifications of the time designed to control the population and act as refuge in time of war. Became a museum when the prison closed in the 1970's. 

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      17386
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1406
      Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
      Deeds Number
      T6898/1979
      Archive Status
      Register
      Media
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