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Welcome Hotel District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape John PARKER: Architect 1897 upgrades

Date: n.d. : 1897 Type: Hotel Status: Unknown Street: 62 & 68 Canterbury St

(PSB:42) Parker added water-closets and did alterations to the north-west side in 1897 (Walker 2015: 72). Parker's map c1900 lists it as the Welcome Bar, on the corner of Canterbury St and Commercial St. 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: Parker, Howard. 2015. John Parker, 1866-1921 : architect and mayor of Cape Town. Wellington, New Zealand: Howard Parker. pg 64 map (no 103) Walker, Michael. 2015. Old hotels of Cape Town (1890-1911), The : A history long forgotten, seldom told. St James: Published Privately. pg 72