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Beresford House
Johannesburg, Gauteng

EMLEY and WILLIAMSON: Architect
Frederick WILLIAMSON: Design Architect

Date:1925-1927 : 1934
Type:Offices with shops to street
Status:Unknown
Street:Main/Simmonds St

Alterations were done in 1934 also by EMLEY & WILLIAMSON.

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

(SAB Feb 1927:39; SAB Jul 1927: 25 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 Beresford House

van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 189 ill, 201, 202 ill