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Wilson and Miller Building Central Cape Town, Western Cape Sir Herbert BAKER: Architect

Date: 1899 Type: Offices with shops to street Status: Demolished Street: Adderley St

This building had a department store on the ground floor and offices above for Wilson and Miller it was composed of two equal units each with a dormer window with exaggerated Flemish gables supported by volutes and brick pilasters. (Greig 1970:69, 71) 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: Greig, Doreen. 1970. Herbert Baker in South Africa. Cape Town: PURNELL. pg 69, 70 ill, 71 Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838-1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 110