Town Hall Komani (Queenstown), Eastern Cape Architect: Sydney STENT

Street facade Photographer: Roger Fisher

Date: 1882 Type: Town Hall Status: Razed by fire 2022 01 31

Coordinates: 31°53'49.71" S 26°52'25.43" E Alt: 1080m

Notes: The National Monuments Council Plaque reads: TOWN HALL, QUEENSTOWN THIS SANDSTONE BUILDING, THE CORNER-STONE OF WHICH WAS LAID IN MAY 1882, WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT SIDNEY [sic] STENT. IT WAS BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN HALL ERECTED IN 1858. National Monuments Council STADSAAL, QUEENSTOWN HIERDIE SANDSTEENGEBOU, WAARVAN DIE HOEKSTEEN IN MEI 1882 GELÊ IS, IS DEUR DIE ARGITEK SIDNEY [sic] STENT ONTWERP. DIT IS OPGERIG OP DIE TERREIN VAN DIE OORSPRONKLIKE STADSAAL WAT IN 1858 GEBOU IS. Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede 1982 In front of the Town Hall entrance are two Commemorative Lamp Poles erected in 1915 in appreciation of the services of James Lamont who was mayor from 1909 to 1915. On the night of 31 January 2022 the building was burnt to the ground. See newspaper reports in The Rep and The Citizen. The building is currently, in 2026, still a burnt-out shell (Google Street View April 2026).

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National Monuments Council Plaque Photographer: Roger Fisher Detail of clock tower Photographer: Annelise Lange – 2019 Detail with light fitting Photographer: Annelise Lange – 2019 Street context Photographer: Annelise Lange – 2019 Town Hall in flames Source: News24 2022 02 01 Photographer: Unidentified

Outside the Queenstown Town Hall. Empire Parliaments’ Delegation tour of South Africa, 1924. Library of Parliament, Acc No 1656 (52). Submitted by Lila Komnick Photographer: C F Stokes, SA Railways Publicity Dept. – 1924