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Date: 1964 Type: Library Status: Unknown Street: Coronation Rd (later Kruskal Ave)

The first subscription library in Durban Rd was started in 1918 by the Bellville Protection and Vigilance Association. The new library building in Coronation Rd (later Kruskal Ave) was opened on 25 August 1964. It was built at a cost of R190 000. In 1989 the library moved to the current building in Elizabeth Park, which cost R9,6 million. The doors of this library opened to the public on 20 November 1989. (Source: Senior Librarian Ms Marietjie Bessinger, Cape Librarian, Jan/Feb 2019, p4)