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Date: 1897 Type: Town Hall Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 28°52'18.38" S 27°52'28.19" E

See more photographs When the town of Ficksburg was 30 years old, the need for a town hall arose. Donaldson was instructed by the town council to draw up plans for such a building. The building work began and on 1 July 1897 (according to the writing on the stone which is faded, (21 July according to the FAK) the foundation stone was laid by the chairman of the municipality, MI Fourie. Donaldson's name also appears on the foundation stone as ''contractor''. GELEGD OP 1 JULIE 1897 DOOR DEN VOORZITTER DER MUNICIPALITEIT -------------------------------------------- COMMISSARISSEN M. I. FOURIE VOORZITTER Dr H. S. TAYLOR VICEVOORZITTER H. L. VAN DER MERWE A. P. RADLEY W. LYON ----------------------------------- W. DONALDSON     D. J. DE VILLIERS CONTRACTANT     STADSKLERK The town hall was completed before the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. (The Friend Feb 20 1985:8) 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: Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 177