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Magistrates Court and Offices
Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape

Richard Ernest WRIGHT: Design Architect
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT of the CAPE COLONY: Architect

Date:1880
Type:Magistrate's Court
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°45'59.11" S 25°23'59.74" E Alt: 72m

Built under the directorship of HS GREAVES who was head of the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT of the CAPE COLONY.


References:

Dennis Edwards & Co. 1899. Picturesque South Africa : An Album of Two Hundred Choice Photographic Engravings. Cape Town: Dennis Edwards & Co. pg 155
Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 527
Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 222
Herholdt, AD. 1988. Uitenhage : a case study of small town colonial architecture. Port Elizabeth: M Arch. University of Port Elizabeth. pg 350
Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pg 102
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 45