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		Haus Kreplin Lüderitz, Namibia Friedrich KRAMER: Architect

Date: 1909 Client: Emil Kreplin Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: Berg Street   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°38'55.08" S 15°09'10.47" E Alt: 18m

A double-storey corner building situated at the intersection of 4 streets. Built in 1909 as a residence for Emil Kreplin, railway company manager and first mayor of Luderitz who remained in office from 1909-1920. *Proclaimed a National Monument on 15 June 1983 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa. (Proclamation No: 090/1983) See also National Heritage Council of Namibia Transcript of sign on facade facing Berg street: Haus Grünewald (2000) Built: 1910 Architect: F. Kramer The home of E. Kreplin, the first mayor of Lüderitz. An interesting double-storey corner building. One of the few buildings constructed with burnt bricks from the Cape Province. 13 Berg Street Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff - October 2014 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. References: Vogt, Andreas. 2004. National Monuments in Namibia : An inventory of proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia. Windhoek: Macmillan Education Namibia Publishers. pg 197-199