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Date: 1929 Type: College Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°18'59.57" S 26°31'34.64" E Alt: 580m

The Education Department accepted a tender in the amount of £7 432 and construction started in November 1928. The building was duly occupied on 8 October 1929 after the formal opening by J C Rae, whose persistent 'badgering' of the Department was recognised as the main reason for progressing with the provision of Grant House. The building went through numerous renovations and provided a home for hundreds of boys until Graeme College moved across town in 1975. The building lives on as an annex to the Carinus art Centre. Submitted by Ernie van Hille, Old Graemian Union, Grahamstown, March 2020