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		Adelaide Tambo Public Library Bloemfontein, Free State JJ VAN VOORST: Architect Elly HOLM: Artist

Date: 1957 Client: Local Authority Type: Library Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 29°06'55.46" S 26°13'14.36" E Alt: 1404m

Understated building in garden setting. A restful, sun-shaded building suitable for its climate. Elly Holm has decorated the windowless wall of the lobby with bas-relief carved slate panels. There is also a statue by Coert STEYNBERG of Johann Gutenberg in front of the building. Transcript of plaque on wall behind statue: JOHANN GUTENBERG (1397-1468) BORN IN MAINZ GERMANY, IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FATHER OF MODERN PRINTING. ABOUT 1454 HE ELABORATED THE IDEA OF PRINTING FRON MOVABLE TYPE. THE GREATEST SINGLE FACTOR TOWARDS THE SPREAD OF LITERACY