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Date: 1936 Client: Bernard Kaumheimer Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°10'09.37" S 28°03'35.49" E Alt: 1708m

SILVER PINES Swiss architect, Theophile Schaerer, designed this residence in 1936 for Bernard Kaumheimer, a Rand Pioneer. His daughter, Ellen Hellmann, the first anthropologist to study urban black communities and the first South African woman to be awarded a Ph. D., lived here. She was chairperson of the S. A. Institute of Race Relations and a trustee for the Defence and Aid Fund during the Treason Trials. Schaerer used Art Deco elements and contemporary materials such as raw plaster, reinforced-concrete and steel. He created a building which is prestigious and respectful of architectural tradition, with a sense of enduring stability. From the Johannesburg City Heritage plaque, submitted by William MARTINSON. References: MacMillan, Allister & Rosenthal, Eric. 1948. Homes of the Golden City. Cape Town: Hortors. pg 212