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Date: n.d. : 1901 Type: Cottage Status: Extant Street: 246 Main Rd   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°06'51.65" S 18°27'50.33" E Alt: 20m

1901: Retaining walls and siteworks done by BAKER and MASEY (Pryce-Lewis list 14 198) Cecil John Rhodes passed away in this simple cottage, his seaside holiday home, on 26 March 1902. It was declared a National Monument in 1938, and a museum commemorating his life was established here in 1953. Now a Provincial Heritage Site. Books that reference Rhodes' Cottage Fransen, Hans. 1978. Guide to the Museums of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Galvin & Sales (Pty) Ltd, for the Southern African Museums Association. pg 37-38 Hatfield, Denis. 1967. Some South African monuments. Cape Town: Purnell. pg 136-138 Walker, Michael. 2012. Early architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820 - 1926) with postcard illustrations, The. St James: Michael Walker. pg 99