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Trades Hall Johannesburg, Gauteng ABURROW and TREEBY: Architect

Date: 1913-1914 Type: Offices with shops to street Status: Unknown

Headquarters of the trade union movement. This building was the focal point of violence during the Great Strike of 1922. 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. Books that reference Trades Hall Chipkin, Clive M. 2008. Johannesburg Transition - Architecture & Society 1950 - 2000. Johannesburg: STE Publishers. pg 31 van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 125