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Rand Club - Second Johannesburg, Gauteng Robert Lockhart McCOWAT: Design Architect REID and McCOWAT: Architect William Marshall PHILIP: Consulting architect

Date: 1888-1889 Type: Club Status: Demolished Street: Commissioner/Fox/Loveday Streets

This building was replaced in 1902 by the third Rand Club building. (FRIBA nom papers 1898; SAWW 1910; SAAR Feb 1947:45; Frescura 1988) 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: Chilvers, Hedley A. 1929. Out of the Crucible. Being the romantic story of the Witwatersrand Goldfields; and of the Great City which arose in their midst (with sixteen drawings by William M. TIMLIN). London: Cassell. pg 82 opp Neame, LE. 1957. The Rand Club 1887-1957. Johannesburg: Rand Club. pg 29-59 van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 28