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Date: c1898 : 1918 Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: cor Towers and Park Roads   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°06'16.24" S 18°27'59.81" E Alt: 24m

'The Towers' was built by a well to do merchant, John Henry Wood. On 1 August 1909 his assigned estate was sold for £1682 to the Orphan Chamber. On 1 December 1916 the Orphan Chamber sold the property to the YWCA for £2500, additions were done by PARKER & FORSYTH in 1918. For fifty years the YWCA remained in The Towers, building a second floor containing a row of single bedrooms. 'The Towers' was a guest house from c2009 to c2015 (Google Street View). (Zandvlei Trust Articles)