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Netherlands Bank - Second
Central Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng

Wilhelm (Wim) Johannes DE ZWAAN: Architect

Date:1896
Type:Bank
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
25°44'49.39" S 28°11'13.70" E Alt: 1323m

Also Nederlandsche Bank en Crediet Vereniging

This was the second Netherlands Bank building it replaced the first one built in 1888 in Church Street. In 1953 the bank moved to the existing building.

2013 - The building is currently the Tshwane Tourism Information Offices.


References:

Allen, Vivien. 1971. Kruger's Pretoria: buildings and personalities of the city in the nineteenth century. Cape Town: Balkema. pg 55-57, 74
Dunston, Lola & Dunston, Tom. 1975. Young Pretoria 1889-1913. Pretoria: Dunston. pg 26, 27 ill, 28 ill, 48
Fisher, RC, Le Roux, SW & Maré, E (Eds). 1998. Architecture of the Transvaal. Pretoria: UNISA. pg 128, 175-196, 128, 175-196, 214, 215, 216
Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 95
Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 74 ill
Le Roux, SW(Ed). 1990. Plekke en Geboue van Pretoria Volume 1. Pretoria: Pretoria Argitektuurvereniging. pg 75-76
Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 292-293