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Date: 1928 Type: Factory and Offices Style: Functionalist : Tectonic ZA Wilhelmiens Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°56'30.02" S 25°35'55.11" E Alt: 19m

Cumming-George 1933 THE BUILDING was erected on York Road, North End, Port Elizabeth. The walls are of reinforced concrete pier and panel construction, under a saw tooth constructed steel roof, covered with protected metal roofing. The front portion is used as offices, and the side for off-loading and shipping. The remainder is used as an assembling plant. The cost of the building was approximately £60,000. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books and articles that reference Ford Motor Co (SA) Ltd, Cumming-George, L. 1933. Architecture in South Africa - Volume One. Cape Town: The Speciality Press of S.A. Ltd.. pg 142