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Stone Lodge
Westcliff, Johannesburg, Gauteng

Francis (Frank) Leonard Hodgson FLEMING: Architect

Date:1918
Client:Leopold Greenberg
Type:Homestead
Style:Arts and Crafts
Status:Extant
Street:27 The Valley Road

 


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Coordinates:
26°10'32.69" S 28°01'43.27" E Alt: 1717m

Transcription of Blue Plaque

JOHANNESBURG HISTORICAL LEGACY

STONE LODGE

The original house was designed by Frank L.H. Fleming of Baker and
Fleming in 1918 for Leopold Greenberg in the Arts and Crafts style, which
favoured the use of traditional English vernacular forms, local materials and
fine craftmanship.

Greenberg started his legal practice in Johannesburg in 1909, was appointed a
judge at age 1939 and Judge-President of the Transvaal Provincial Division in 1938
(when he moved to Pretoria), eventually becoming a Judge at the Appeal Court.
One of his famous judgements was in the Daisy de Melker trial.

He received an honorary doctorate from the University of the
Witwatersrand and was on the controlling board of the
University of Jerusalem. Its Institute for Forensic Medicine,
created from funds provided by the South African
Jewish community, carries his name.

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