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Davidson's Mansions
Johannesburg, Gauteng

EMLEY and WILLIAMSON: Architect
Frederick WILLIAMSON: Design Architect
Date:1923-1925
Type:Offices with shops to street
Status:Demolished
Street:Bree/Eloff Sts

PEARSE's obituary for Williamson lists this work as being among the most important buildings in Johannesburg.

(SAB Apr 1923:21; SAB Jun 1925:33 ill; AB&E, Sep 1925:6 ill)

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 Davidson's Mansions

Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pg 79, 80 ill
van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 207