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Born in Parys. DONALDSON's father was John Malcolm Donaldson and his mother Sarah King, from whose marriage nine children were born. Most information related to Walter Donaldson's life has faded in time. It is known that he worked as an architect in the Free State in the late C19 and early C20 (possibly also as a building contractor). He is recorded by Maeder (1917:183) as being of Ficksburg. Here he designed the town hall which was inaugurated in 1897 and drew the plan of the local NG church (1907, although Kesting does not record an architect for the building, he notes additions made 1905-1907) after Rev JD Kestell ''conceived the idea of the church according to the [Neo-] Romanesque Building Style'' [possibly influencing Gerard MOERDYK's book for which Kestell was to write the foreword, Die Geskiedenis van Boukuns]. At one time DONALDSON lived at 55 Brill Street in Bloemfontein. Schoeman (1982:107) records him as architect and being a resident of the town Boshof in 1891. After initially working as an architect, he later owned a printing shop in Harrismith, but finally returned to the building industry in Ficksburg with his son Walter as a partner. (The Friend 20.2.1985:8; Kesting 1978; NMC list). 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. List of projects With photographs With notes
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