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Martienssen Brewery Cape Town, Western Cape Johann Carl Ernst SEELIGER: Architect

Date: 1800s : 1896 Client: EH Martienssen Type: Brewery Status: Demolished Street: Vredenburg Lane (off Long Street)

1896: JCE SEELIGER - Reservoir (Pryce-Lewis list item 3 396). 1896: JCE SEELIGER - Additions and Alterations (Pryce-Lewis list item 3 445). The Martienssen Brewery stood in Upper Queen Victoria Street on a large tract of ground between Green and Dean Streets, before Perth Road and University Street were built. It was purchased by SA Breweries in 1899 (Walker 2015: 15). Buildings on this site today include the Centre for the Book and St Martini Gardens. References: Walker, Michael. 2015. Old hotels of Cape Town (1890-1911), The : A history long forgotten, seldom told. St James: Published Privately. pg 15