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		Transvaal University College - School of Mines Johannesburg, Gauteng HOWDEN and STEWART: Architect 1906 George Esslemont Gordon LEITH: Architect 1938 extensions

Date: 1906-1907 : 1938 Type: University Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°11'58.48" S 28°02'34.82" E Alt: 1756m

This went out on competition and Thomas Edward COLLCUTT, then President of RIBA was the assessor. The foundation stone was laid on 29 Aug 1907. The original name, Transvaal University College, changed to School of Mining and Technology after 1910. Extensions were done in 1938. In 1923 this became the Witwatersrand Technical College (Wits Technikon) and then in 2005 it was merged with the Rand Afrikaans University to become the University of Johannesburg. References: de Mervelec, Patrick & Chipkin, Clive M. 2013. Johannesburg : architecture and heritage. South Africa: In Camera Art Publications. pg 128-129 ill, 128 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 136 van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 121 ill, 176, 182 ill