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Post date: 16/02/2021
Single storey sandstone building. Double pitched corrugated iron roof with ventilators. Symmetrical
front facade with decorative gable. Extensions on side elevations with lean-to corrugated iron verandahs in between.
Timber doors and steel windows .
Structure: sandstone Roof: corrugated iron
High impact, situated on town square. This sandstone building with its Neo-Classical features
was designed by Walter Donaldson and completed during the 1890's . The town hall, adjacent museum building and
old post office form one of the finest sandstone building groups in the OFS.
The cornerstone of the building was laid on 1897-07-21 by the Chairman of the Municipality of Ficksburg , Mr. M.I. Fourie. It was completed before the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War (1899-1902).