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Market Square, Kimberley
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ShortDescription:
By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 10 (1) of the National Monuments Act. 1969 (Act 28 of 1969). I, Pieter Gerhardus Jacobus Koornhof, Minister of National Education, hereby declare Erf 9641. Kimberley, being the historic Market Square, with the City Hall thereon, to be a national monument
FullDescription:
Erf 9641, Kimberley, being the historic Market Square. with the City Hall thereon, previously described as a certain piece of land known as the Market Square, situate in the Town of Kimberley, Division of Kimberley, and represented and described in Diagram 561 of 1901, which is attached to Government Letter 1963/1901 and measuring one (1) morgen, four hundred and forty-one (441) square roods and seventy-one (71) square feet. Government Letter 1963/1901, dated 14 December 1901
The Market Square was the centre around which the city of Kimberley grew. It was the scene of many important events in the history of this city, and of South Africa and Rhodesia. The City Hall was designed by F. C. Rogers in the neo-classical style and was completed in September 1899. Together with the Market Square, it forms an important historical and architectural group. 10/2/95.
