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


Graaff-Reinet Club
Robert Sobukwe (Graaff-Reinet), Eastern Cape

Date:1886
Type:Club
Status:Extant

 


Click to view large map

Coordinates:
32°14'58.70" S 24°32'08.82" E Alt: 755m

Now also the Coldstream Restaurant.

It houses the oldest 'gentlemen's club' in the country, founded in 1876.


References:

Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 567 +ill
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 18
Westby-Nunn, Tony. 2004. Graaff-Reinet : An illustrated historical guide to the town; including Aberdeen & Nieu-Bethesda. Capricorn Square, South Africa: Elephant Head Publications cc. pg 68 +ill