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Natal Government Railways Offices - KZN Tourist Offices
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Arthur FYFE: Design Architect
STREET-WILSON and FYFE: Architect

Date:1894
Type:Railway Station
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
29°51'25.24" S 31°01'29.01" E

(OD 4-5a-b)

Was the old Natal Government Railways Offices. Replaced by the Railway Station at Greyville.

Parts have been demolished but mostly adaptively reused. Now (2014) used as the KwaZulu-Natal Tourist Offices.

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.


References:

Itafa Amalinde Heritage Trust (Ed). 2010. Durban : Architecture and History : A guide. Durban: Itafa Amalinde Heritage Trust. pg 44, 45 ill
Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 56
Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 69, 69 ill
Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 107
Hartdegen, Paddy. 1988. Our building heritage : an illustrated history. South Africa: Ryll's Pub. Co. on behalf of the National Development Fund for the Building Industry. pg 75
Hillebrand, Melanie. 1975. Aspects of architecture in Natal, 1880-1914. Pietermaritzburg: Unpublished MA. Dept Fine Art and History of Art, University of Natal. pg 205-207
Kearney, Brian. 1973. Architecture in Natal from 1824-1893. Cape Town: Balkema. pg 18