JONES and McWILLIAMS

Architect

The partnership between VT JONES and WJ McWILLIAMS in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth which lasted half a century, from 1901 to 1946. It was among the best-known practices in South Africa and executed a large number of major buildings in Port Elizabeth. In 1907 the firm was also briefly listed in Johannesburg, having opened a branch office away from Port Elizabeth owing perhaps to the Depression. Several of their designs were exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, and House Freilinghaus: Matoppos, was chosen as one of the examples of South African architecture for exhibition at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. From 1931 HH McWILLIAMS joined the office, first as an assistant. His arrival had a significant effect on the design approach of the firm (see St Patrick's Catholic Church) becoming enriched by McWILLIAMS's inventive and youthful ideas which were bold and idiosyncratic.

(Bodill 1986; Longlands Jhb & SAR dir 1907)

Port Elizabeth: Guardian Assr & Trust Co, proposed (SAB Jul 1936:52; SAB Dec 1936:61; SA Archt Sep 1939:205) 1936-9; Elizabeth Donkin Hospital, proposed (SAB Feb 1937:51; SAB Apr 1937:55) 1937;

Submitted an entry for the Competition for the new Prime Minister's Residence - unplaced.

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

Aegis Assurance and Trust Co Building: n.d. : 1923. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Afrikaans medium School: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Astra Theatre: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Aurora Creche: 1931. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Bagshaw, Gibaud and Co Shoe Store, add: 1927. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Barclays Bank: 1956. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Bldg for Sir Lewis Richardson: 1930?. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Brittania Hotel, alt: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Campanile: 1922 : c2017. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Castle Breweries, ext: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Castle Wine and Brandy Co bldg: 1937?. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin: 1825 : 1895 : 1932. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Centenary Memorial Pavilion 1820: 1921. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Christian Science Church: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Cinema for Afr Theatres (Astra?): 1936. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape - Architect

Convent and School: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Customs House - Fleming Building: 1864 : 1922. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect 1922

Elizabeth Donkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases: 1930s. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Flats: 1927. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Golf Club House: 1930. Humewood, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Grand Hotel, alt: 1933. Humansdorp, Eastern Cape - Architect

Grand Theatre - First: 1912. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Grand Theatre - Second: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Grey High School: 1913. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Hall, Eastern Province Arts & Crafts Society: 1927. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Harbour Board Offices: 1905. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Harbour Board Wool Stores: c1904. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Hayward, Young & Co bldg: 1938. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Hotel: 1925. Humewood, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Hotel Elizabeth: 1927. Humewood, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House AB Thomas: 1926. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House AS Marshall: 1936. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House at Schoenmakers Kop: pre 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House EC Longworth: 1925. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Elliot - 'Lindani': 1924. Mill Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Gluckman: n.d.. Mill park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House H Freilinghaus - Matoppos: 1920. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Harvey - 'Santa Barbara': 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Hazell - 'The Old Mill House': 1924. Mill park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Hirsch - Harland: 1910. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Hobart Kay - 'Far End': 1920. Mill Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Hustler: 1925. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House J McCoy: 1927. Mill Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House JS Neave: 1924. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Marshal - 'The Homestead': 1911. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Marshall: 1936. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House N Abrahams: 1936. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House O Bracht - 'Aloes': 1911. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House OL Oosthuizen: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House P Christian: 1931-32. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Smollan - 'The Gables': 1929. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Stanley Marks: 1924. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Starmer: 1928. Mill Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House TW Bell: 1928. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Westwood: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Westwood: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Westwood - 'Greyhurst': 1937. Mill Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Westwood - 'The Tavern': 1936. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Wynne - Avoca: 1903. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Young: 1915. Mill park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Houses of various styles and designs for F Oldfield at Mill Park: 1923. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Humewood Mansions - Humewood Hotel: 1920 : 1923 : c1984. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

King Edward's Mansions, now King Edward Hotel: c1904. Donkin Reserve, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Lawson Brown High School: 1938. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Lennon's factory: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Lennon's Laboratory: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Lennon's, alt: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Lowcliffe House: 1038. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Marshall & Co bldg, add: 1928. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Memorial Hall, St John the Baptist Church: 1927. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Metro Theatre Cafe: c1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Mosenthal's Bldg converted into Clothing factory: 1926. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Mosenthal's Warehouse: c1915. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Gallery: 1927 : 1947. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

OK Bazaars: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Pavilion and Tidal Bath: 1934-1936. Sea View, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Pavilion, Victoria Recreation Grounds: 1923. Qonce (King William's Town), Eastern Cape - Architect

Pearson High School: 1930s. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Port Elizabeth Club: 1905. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Railway Hotel, rebuilt: 1928. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Reserve Bank: 1942. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Residential Hotel for Mrs Nosworthy: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Richardson Building: 1923. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Saraphil Mansions: 1926. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Savage & Son, skin store: 1928. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Semi-detached Houses for DP Blaine: 1864. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect 1956

Shops/flats: 1926. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Augustine's Church Hall - Mac Sherry Hall: 1936. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Augustine's Presbytery: n.d. : 1932. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Mary's Collegiate Church, Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial Chantry: 1926. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Mary's Collegiate Church, Rose Wirgman Memorial Gateway: 1926. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Monica's Church, South End: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Patrick's Church: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Peter's Greek Orthodox Church: 1958. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Swallow and Sutcliffe Building - Lowcliffe House: 1938. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Technical College: 1925. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

United Tobacco Co factory: 1905. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Victoria Hotel: 1931. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Victoria Memorial Home: 1902. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

War Memorial: 1924. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Warehouse for Hirsch, Loubser & Co: 1905. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Warehouse for Lieberman, Bellstadt & Co: c1904. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Warehouse, shops for McKechnie Bros: 1928. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Books citing JONES and McWILLIAMS

Cumming-George, L. 1933. Architecture in South Africa - Volume One. Cape Town: The Speciality Press of S.A. Ltd.. pp 138, 140

Cumming-George, L. 1934. Architecture in South Africa - Volume Two. Cape Town: The Speciality Press of S.A. Ltd.. pp 88

Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp 66b

Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pp

Herbert, Gilbert. 1975. Martienssen & the international style: The modern movement in South African architecture. Cape Town - Rotterdam: AA Balkema. pp 226

Herholdt, AD. 1994. Eight beautiful Gothic revival churches of Port Elizabeth. Port Elizabeth: Ad Hoc Publishers. pp 71

McLachlan, Gavin. 1993. The Dream Houses of Mill Park. Port Elizabeth: Department of Architecture, University of Port Elizabeth. pp 24, 32, 34, 38, 40, 44, 82, 100, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 124

Oberholster, JJ. 1972. The historical monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. pp 135

Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pp 193, 194, 195

Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pp 105, 107