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Date: c1936 Type: Retail Style: Art Deco Status: Demolished

This was the second Woolworths store. The First Woolworths store was opened by Max Sonnenberg (assisted by his son Richard and by FH Kossuth) on 30 October 1931 in the former dining room of the Royal Hotel in Cape Town. It was unconnected with the Woolworths of other countries. They purchased the adjoining site and built a new store that included offices and storage space. In 1946, after WWII, they opened 5 new stores in Cape Town. (Submitted by Paul VAN DER MERWE) References: Anonymous. 1936. Title Unknown. Architect, Builder & EngineerJuly. pp 10 Shorten, John R. 1963. Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: JR Shorten in association with Shorten and Smith Publications. pg