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Date: 1904 Type: Offices Status: Extant Street: De Villiers/Rissik Sts   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°11'55.58" S 28°02'30.50" E Alt: 1739m

Also called CSAR Headquarters Also called Park Station Railway and Booking Offices Designed by Moodie as in-house architect to the then Central Railways, completed piece-meal over the years (Van der Waal, 1987: 115). The inner court was built up in similar style in 1937 (Van der Waal, 1987: 176). (SA Clywkr & Bldr Jan 1904:59) 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: Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1960. Eighteenth century furniture in South Africa. Pretoria: Van Schaik. pg 19 van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 115, 121, 176, 181