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Old Harbour Board Building, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth

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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: The striking Harbour Board building, also known as the White House, is situated in Fleming Street, near the harbour and the railway station in the immediate vicinity of the Port Elizabeth city hall.
The corner stone of this building, for nearly seventy years the administrative centre of the South African Railways and Harbours in Port Elizabeth, was laid on the 14th of January, 1904, by James Searle, member of the Cape Legislative Assembly and Honorary Managing Commissioner of the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board. Architecturally, this three-storey building should be regarded as one of the most beautiful examples of the Art Nouveau style in South Africa. The exterior is massive and impressive, and the interior is a master piece of the woodcarver’s art. From the ground floor a magnificent, richly ornamented wooden staircase leads to the second floor. The walls and ceilings of the transverse passages, the head offices and the council chamber of the Harbour Board, are lavishly adorned with woodcarving. The architects were Jones, McWilliams, Brown and Grosse.
Proclaimed 1968"
Visual Description: A three storey building symmetrically composed with fully developed detail. The ornate entrance gates and the interior carpentry are of particular note. The building was declared a national monument in 1978.
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Condition: Good
Construction Date: 1904
Materials: Loadberaing stone and brickwork
Catalogue: Theron 1983, No: A.10.2.3, Significance Category:

 
 

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