Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Land Bank Potchefstroom, North West Norman Musgrave EATON: Architect

Date: 1941 Type: Bank Style: Critical Regionalism Status: Extant Street: Walter Sisulu Avenue (previously Kerk)   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°42'33.67" S 27°05'51.86" E Alt: 1342m

EATON preferred to work independently and every project he undertook became his personalised solution to the problem. This bank, an early work, was the genesis of EATON's other Land Banks (Ermelo, Kroonstad and Pietermaritzburg), particularly that of Pietermaritzburg, 1951, which it resembles, being set on a podium and constructed of well-chosen bricks, beautifully and carefully detailed. It has strength and dignity and its quality makes it an unusual contribution to the town it stands in. (Greig, 1971:187) Read also Hans WEGELIN's article about Eaton's faggots : the Netherlands Bank Building, Pretoria. 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. Books that reference Land Bank Fisher, RC, Le Roux, SW & Maré, E (Eds). 1998. Architecture of the Transvaal. Pretoria: UNISA. pg 128, 175-196, 128, 175-196, 214, 215, 216 Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 187