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Date: 1906 : 1930 Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: 7 Lodge Rd   Click to view large map Coordinates: 28°44'47.21" S 24°46'44.72" E

Now a private residence, the house was designed by Daniel Greatbatch for Sir Ernest and registered in 1906. Harry Oppenheimer was born here in 1908, the family leaving Kimberley in 1915. The house was then sold to EEB Ronaldson in 1916. Source: kimberley.org.za (SAB Apr 1930:53) 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: Bawcombe, Philip & Scannell, Ted. 1976. Philip Bawcombe's Kimberley. Johannesburg: Village Publishing. pg 106-107