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Post Office
Fouriesburg, Free State

William Benjamin Turner NEWHAM: Design Architect
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: Architect
Thelma NEWLANDS: Artist tiled panel

Date:1937
Type:Post Office
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
28°37'16.14" S 28°12'28.82" E

The post office is still in a good condition. The slate roof was replaced with tiles a few years back. There are tiled panels by Thelma Gifford-Gayton of the Ceramic Studio which are still in good condition. Some of the hills depicted in the panels are of the hills in the surrounding area.

(Fouriesburg Museum. 2012)

Submitted by William MARTINSON


Books that reference Post Office

Osthoff, Gernot . 2022. Post Office Murals of South Africa. South Africa: Gernot Osthoff. pg 11, 11 ill, 12-13 ill