Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Raadsaal - Fourth Bloemfontein, Free State Francis Lennox CANNING: Design Architect CANNING and GOAD: Architect John Collingwood TULLY: Project Architect

Date: 1893 Type: Government Buildings Status: Extant Street: Charles Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 29°06'56.47" S 26°13'03.63" E Alt: 1388m

Won in open competition. The cornerstone was laid by President FW Reitz on 27 June 1890 and three years later the imposing classical buildings were formally opened. The building was restored and rehabilitated to become the Free State Legislature in 2011 by THE ROODT PARTNERSHIP for which they received an Award of Merit from the South African Institute of Architects. Books that reference Raadsaal - Fourth Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 83 Hartdegen, Paddy. 1988. Our building heritage : an illustrated history. South Africa: Ryll's Pub. Co. on behalf of the National Development Fund for the Building Industry. pg 67 Nienaber, PJ , Smit, JD & Botes, SM. 1987. Vrystaatse Argitektuur - Historiese-argitektoniese ontwikkeling van die Vrystaatse boukuns. Pretoria: Stigting NALN. pg 43, 44 ill Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pg 126 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 171 Schoeman, Karel. 1980. Bloemfontein: die ontstaan van 'n stad. Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. pg 100, 120-121, 124, 163, 164, 192, 196, 201, 207, 209, 215, 217, 229, 270, 275, ills 83, 168 Schoeman, Karel. 1985. Boukunsskatte van die Vrystaat / Free State Heritage. Roodepoort: CUM Boeke vir Stigting NALM. pg 60-63