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Savage Memorial Hall - Public Library
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape

Henry Arthur (Harry) CHEERS: Architect
Orlando MIDDLETON: Project Architect

Date:1902
Type:Library
Style:Victorian Gothic Revival
Status:Extant
Street:Market Square

 


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Coordinates:
33°57'43.05" S 25°37'22.31" E

The erection of this library was made possible by a donation from the Estate of William Savage and a subsidy from the Colonial Government.

(NM; SAB Jan 1925:13 ill; Dwgs, specs and bills now in possession of Meredith Woods, Johnson & Schrader, Port Elizabeth)

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 that reference Savage Memorial Hall - Public Library

Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 90, 91 ill
Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pg 104
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 39