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		NGK Kantoor - DRC Office Oudtshoorn, Western Cape John Thomas COOPER: Architect John Thomas (Jnr) COOPER: Contractor

Date: 1895 Type: Offices Status: Demolished 1968   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°35'20.28" S 22°12'20.74" E Alt: 337m

In 1895 the D.R.C. Council accepted the design plans of J.T. COOPER (Snr.) and invited tenders for the erection of the Church Offices at the corner of Church St and High St. This double-storey building was a fine example of classical Victorian architecture with wooden balconies, cast-iron mouldings, pillars and tile-decorated cast-iron fireplaces. The building was erected by J.T. Cooper (Jnr.) of local sandstone at a cost of £3 190,00.9. The building was demolished in 1968 for the erection of the new Barclays Bank Building (later First National Bank) designed by SIMPSON & BRIDGMAN, a local architect firm. Some of the original sandstone slabs were re-used in the walls of the new building. (Ferreira 1982:31) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.