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Maynard House Central Cape Town, Western Cape

Date: 1956 Type: Offices Status: Extant Street: c/o Loop St and Shortmarket St   Click to view large map Coordinates:

Built as head offices for Maynard (Pty) Ltd Office Equipment Specialists with ground floor and basement as showrooms and first floor as office machine workshop. The building is reinforced concrete-framed with aluminium and glass with vitreous enamel spandrels. The shopfronts are of marble, terrazzo, chrome and bronze. References: Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 73 item 49.20 Shorten, John R. 1963. The Golden Jubilee of Greater Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 596 ill, 598