Contact Artefacts
please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.

Kodak SA Ltd Head Office – Kodak House – Tarquin House
Cape Town, Western Cape

PARKER and FORSYTH: Architect

Date:1919
Type:Offices
Status:Demolished 1996
Street:Loop Street (cnr Shortmarket Street)

(PSB:292)

According to Rennie (1978), the parapet was dated 1907. Rennie referred to it as Tarquin House, formerly Kodak House. The building that replaced it, is still [2023] called Tarquin House.

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 Kodak SA Ltd Head Office – Kodak House – Tarquin House

Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 87 item 49.64
Shorten, John R. 1963. Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: JR Shorten in association with Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 641 ill