Tag: Ebeneezeer Church

• History of Newtown Pt.1

  

  The area known as Newtown was originally a marshy piece of land outside of the triangle known as Raandjeslaagte which was laid out as Johannesburg. It stood 0.9 kms northwest of the original market square and just south of the railway/Rand Tram. The Boer government granted plots for brick-making with adjoining residential stands soon after…

  Marc Latilla

  September 26, 2021

  Johannesburg

  Ashanti gold, bassline, Brickfields, Burghersdorp, Carr Street, Ebeneezeer Church, electric trams, electricity, Gasworks, Hamadia Mosque, Jeppe Street, JMT, Kliptown, market buildings, Museum Africa, Newtown, Pim Street, Power station, President Street, SAB World of Beer, Sci-bono, trams, Transport House, Turbine Hall, Worker's Museum

• History of Ferreira’s Dorp (or Ferreira’s Town)

  

  Ferreira’s Dorp or Ferreira’s Town (or both one-word variations) is an area in the south-western part of the originally laid out township of Johannesburg. It borders Marshalltown, Newtown, and Westgate. It predates the birth of Johannesburg by several months and holds the early history of Africans, Chinese, Jewish, and Indian communities in the mining town…

  Marc Latilla

  September 24, 2020

  Johannesburg

  African History, Anglo American, Beth Hamadrash Fox Street, Cantonese Club, Chinese History, Commissioner Street, Ebeneezeer Church, Ferreira’s Camp, Ferreira’s Dorp, Ferreira’s Town, Forty Five Main Street, Forty Four Main Street, Fox Street, Ignatius Ferreira, Indian History, Jewish history, John Vorster Square, Magistrates Court, Ponovez Synagogue, Reunert and Lenz, St. Albans Mission church, Wesleyan Church, West Anderson Building