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Date: 1886 : 1888 : 1914 Type: Offices Style: Victorian Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 28°44'16.85" S 24°45'44.83" E Alt: 1225m

The Stockdale Street building was the original Head Office for Barney Barnato’s Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company. In 1888-1889 this building was converted from single storey to double storey and from November 1889 the building became the Head Office for the amalgamated diamond-mining company – De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited. The building, through extensions over the years, reached Southey Street by 1914. (Bodill 1983:96) 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: Johnson Barker, Brian, Maclay, George & Steyn, Alfie (Eds). 1987. Off the Beaten Track : Selected Day Drives in Southern Africa. Cape Town: AA The Motorist Publications (Pty). pg 300 ill