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		Hugh Solomon Building Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Gauteng Gilbert St John COTTRILL: Architect 1904 George Esslemont Gordon LEITH: Architect 1936

Date: 1904 : 1926 : 1936 Type: Hostel Status: Adaptive re-use Street: Klein Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°11'28.73" S 28°02'43.22" E Alt: 1773m

Transcription of Blue Plaque: JOHANNESBURG CITY HERITAGE HUGH SOLOMON BUILDING Designed by Gilbert St John Cottrill in 1904, this was the first Nurses' Home for the General Hospital where all nurses in training lived. In 1926 a new wing was added, and in 1936 a new hall and dining-hall were completed by Gordon Leith. It was named after the Chairman of the Hospital Board from 1930-1955. Dress regulations, training and deportment for the nurses were very strict. In 2006 it was refurbished, and serves as the headquarters of the Wits Reproductive and HIV Institute. The Heritage Portal.