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Town Hall and Market Buildings
Cathcart, Eastern Cape

James Pender WEST: Architect

Date:1905
Type:Town Hall
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
32°17'54.31" S 27°08'46.10" E Alt: 1159m

Transcription of commemoration plaque:

AT THY CALL WE SHALL NOT FALTER,
FIRM AND STEADFAST WE SHALL STAND.
31ST MAY
1961 		EX
UNITATE
VIRES 		31 MEI
1966
ONS SAL LEWE, ONS SAL STERWE,
ONS VIR JOU, SUID-AFRIKA.
ERECTED
BY THE PEOPLE
OF CATHCART 		OPGERIG
DEUR DIE PUBLIEK
VAN CATHCART

(SAA&B Feb 1905:95; SAMBF Jnl May 1905:40)

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:

Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 222
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 12