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Transvaalsche Bank en Handelsvereeniging (later Security House)
Johannesburg, Gauteng

Theophile SCHAERER: Architect
Mattheus Carel August MEISCHKE: Contractor
Jean TALLIENS: Architect

Date:1906
Type:Bank
Status:Demolished 1975
Street:Fox Street

Won in competition

(SAMBF Jnl Sep 1905:29; SAWW 1910; S v d Stel Bull 31, Jun 1975: 71)

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:

Benjamin, Arnold. 1979. Lost Johannesburg. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa (Publishers) (Pty) Ltd. pg 26-28
Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pg 50, 258, 321
van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 128