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Seamen's Institute
KuGompo City (East London), Eastern Cape

Henley Dawson PEARCE: Architect

Date:pre-1911
Type:Community Centre
Status:Extant
Street:Cor Church and Buffalo Streets

 


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Coordinates:
33°01'18.00" S 27°54'15.48" E Alt: 40m

(LRIBA nom papers 1911)

Now part of the East London campus of the University of Fort Hare. It accommodates the Miriam Makeba Centre of Performing Arts. (2011).

Also known as The Missions to Seamen.

This building has interesting stylistic similarities to House Ross-Watt, East London, Eastern Cape.

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:

Watson, Jeremy. 1989. The Urban Trail : a walk through the urban heritage of East London Central Business District and Older Suburbs. East London: Heritage Committee ISAA and B-KIA. pg 44-45