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King Edward VIII Hospital - Victoria Mxenge Hospital Congella, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal COWIN, POWERS and ELLIS: Architect 1932 Ernest Marston POWERS: Design Architect 1932 POWERS and POWERS: Architect 1939 additions

Date: 1932 : 1939 Type: Hospital Status: Extant Street: 719 Umbilo   Click to view map Coordinates: 29°52'51.34" S 30°59'22.87" E Alt: 19m

(SAB Mar 1932:37 comp; SA Acad exhib 1933, dwg by EM Powers; SAB Jan 1939:61) Additions were done in 1939. The hospital was renamed the Victoria Mxenge Hospital in August 2023. 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 King Edward VIII Hospital - Victoria Mxenge Hospital Hillebrand, Melanie. 1986. Art and architecture in Natal, 1910-1940. Pietermaritzburg: Unpublished Ph.D. Dept Fine Art and History of Art, University of Natal. pg 440