Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		The Newtown Compound: Reconstruction or Restoration? _____________________________________________________ Author: MARTINSON, WA & LEGER, JP In: Wits History Workshop: Myths, Monuments, Museums; New Premises? Date: 1992 _____________________________________________________
Describes the history and significance of the Newtown Compound, designed (c. 1922) to house the workers at the Municipal Power Station in Newtown, Johannesburg. The building was subsequently declared a National Monument.