Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Kingsway Mansions Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng Percy ROGERS COOKE: Architect Harold Wolseley SPICER: Architect

Date: 1928 Type: Flats Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°11'04.82" S 28°00'35.30" E

(SAB Aug 1928:49) Transcription of Blue Plaque: JOHANNESBURG CITY HERITAGE KINGSWAY MANSIONS This landmark building is a fine example of residential units of the late 1920s, featuring Cape Dutch and classical design elements in the decoration of the gables and balconies. Tenants included members of the Johannesburg Country Club, and show-business personalities involved in radio and later TV productions at the SABC. The architect was P. Rogers Cooke, who went on to design major Art Deco buildings in central Johannesburg, and theatres around the country. The Heritage Portal. 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.