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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon STEVENSON, FA Born: fl 1903 Architect Probably trained in Britain. He seems to have come to South Africa around the time of the Anglo-Boer War in which he served. After the war he worked as an architect in Johannesburg from 1903 where as 'one of the rising architects (he) by happy fancy has struck an extremely pleasing idea in combining the English cottage style with the old Cape Dutch ... pleasing the eye (and) well adapted to requirements and conditions of the country' (Praagh 1906:332). He was in partnership with one (Frank?) PARKER around 1904, listed in the Longland's Transvaal directory (1904) (cf STEVENSON & PARKER). Stevenson was still listed as practising in Johannesburg in 1913. Currently nothing more is known of his career. (Longland's Tvl dir 1904; Praagh 1906; UTD 1913) All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.