Tag: Jeppestown

• Churches of Johannesburg Pt.2

  

  This piece covers churches built up to around 1955 that are still standing. The first piece covered the ‘Lost churches’ and can be read HERE. I’ve broken it up into two sections: The first section covers those that are no longer used as places of worship starting with the oldest. The second section covers those…

  Marc Latilla

  December 19, 2016

  Johannesburg

  Apostolic Faith Mission, Baptist church, Catholic churches, churches, Congregational church, Doppers, Dutch Reform Church, Early Johannesburg, Gordon Leith, history of johannesburg, Jeppestown, Jewish history, Kenilworth, Lions Shul, Methodist Church, Presbyterian church, Rosettenville, Sir Herbert Baker, Spiritualist church, Theophile Schaerer, Turffontein, Wesleyan, Wolmarans Street Synagogue, Yeoville

• Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.6 (Belgravia Hotel, general views and odds & ends)

  

  This is the final post on Jeppe and Belgravia before moving a few blocks north up to Fairview (or Fawcus Township as it was originally known) and really a chance to post some mixed and fascinating pictures of various examples of houses, buildings, and general views that didn’t fit into the previous Jeppe & Belgravia…

  Marc Latilla

  September 3, 2013

  Johannesburg

  Belgravia, Carl Jeppe, history of johannesburg, intricate woodwork, Jeppestown, Sir Herbert Baker

• Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.5 (Osborn Pharmacy, Thrupps, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Jeppestown Synagogue and Jooste & Bryant’s building)

  

  Osborn Pharmacy The plans for this building date back to 24 August 1898 and it was evidently built before the Anglo-Boer War by J.R. Koller. A good description is ‘…more leisurely pace with its Victorian air, which is suburban rather than city centred.’ Although mostly Victorian with a highly decorated roofline, there are also elements…

  Marc Latilla

  August 17, 2013

  Johannesburg

  Albrecht Street, Alexandra Theatre, Arthur Reid, Bank Buildings, Betty Street, Chicken’s New Agency, Commissioner Street, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Cuthberts, Jeppestown, Jeppestown Synagogue, Jooste & Bryant, Jules Street, Lithuanian Shul, Marshall Street, Maxim’s Tea Room Bioscope, Osborn Pharmacy, Thrupps, Tram Terminus Building, Walter Reid, Waterson & Veale

• Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.4 (Grand Station Hotel, Jeppe Post Office, dropped train tracks and Lithuanian Synagogue)

  

  Grand Station Hotel 1896 Built to serve miners from the nearby Wolhunter mine, the Grand Station Hotel is one of the oldest and grandest. It had a close association with boxing and served as a soup kitchen and refuge during the 1922 miner’s strike. The building was designed by Reid & Williams (who were also…

  Marc Latilla

  July 21, 2013

  Johannesburg

  dropped railway tracks, government buildings, Grand Station Hotel, Jeppe Station, Jeppestown, Lithuanian Shul, Norman’s Grill, post office, Reid & Wiliams, subways, Sytze Wierda

• Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.3 (St. Mary’s-the-less, Gilfillan Park surrounds, Wesleyan Church, Jeppestown Masonic Lodge and Oddfellows Hall)

  

  In the 1890 map, one can see the original layout before the railway line, Belgravia to the east and other surrounding areas like City & Suburban and Wolhunter. Commissioner Street is still called Natal road and there is a little stream and lake called Natal Spruit. The 1896 map shows the growth that took place…

  Marc Latilla

  July 6, 2013

  Johannesburg

  Alnwick Castle, church, Jeppestown, Jeppestown Lodge, Map, Masonic Lodge, Matterson & Son Ltd, Natal Road, Rev. John Darragh, St. Mary’s-the-less church, Suburban library

• Short history of trams in Johannesburg

  

  Since moving this blog from Posterous (RIP), the traffic has more than doubled and for the first time I’m also able to see what people searched for to get to my blog. A few weeks ago there was a spike in ‘tram’ searches so I decided to slot a quick history of trams in-between the…

  Marc Latilla

  June 1, 2013

  Johannesburg

  Barry Hertzog Avenue, Belgravia, Boksburg, Braamfontein, Commissioner Street, Doornfontein, Early Johannesburg, electric trams, Fordsburg, Harrison Street, horse trams, Jeppestown, King George Bridge, Market Square, Melville, Raandjeslaagte, Rand Tram, Rustenburg Road, Siemert Road, Spencer Commission, Staib Street, tram routes, trams, Trolley-buses, Twist Street, William Henry Miles

• Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.2 (St. Mary’s College, Salisbury House, Rathmines & Thabana House)

  

  Normal 0 false false false EN-ZA ZH-TW X-NONE In 1891 the first horse drawn tram moved out of market square and soon connected to such ‘far flung’ suburbs of Belgravia (via Jeppestown), Fordsburg (another western township owned and laid out by For…

  Marc Latilla

  February 16, 2013

  Johannesburg

  Archdeacon Furse, Belgravia, Berg Street, Friedenheim, Grand Station Hotel, Holmes-Orr, J Cotterill, Jeppe Station, Jeppestown, JF Beardwood, Marshall Street, Rathmines, Salisbury House, St. Mary’s College, St. Mary-the-less Church, Thabana House

• Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.1 (Friedenheim & Jeppe Boys)

  

  At last, the next suburb installment in bite sized parts. There will be one odd post slotted in between the Jeppe/Belgravia volumes covering my house which turns 100 this month. I’ll be posting some of the orginal plans as well as a few features t…

  Marc Latilla

  October 7, 2012

  Johannesburg

  Abe Bailey, Belgravia, Berg Street, Carl Jeppe, Friedenheim, Jeppe Boys High School, Jeppe Girls High School, Jeppestown, Lord Kitchener, Marshall Street, Monument, Ralston, Robinson Street, Salisbury House, Sir Herbert Baker, Sir Julius Jeppe, Toll gates

• Early sweeping views

  

  I’ve read that Johannesburg has been rebuilt three times. Initially it was a haphazard town akin to the wild west with lots of tents, tin structures and bars (and some clay huts-these prohibited after 1891 building regulations) With early deeper m…

  Marc Latilla

  February 13, 2011

  Johannesburg

  Braamfontein, Bree Street Kink, Doornfontein, Early Johannesburg, Eloff Street, Ferreira’s Camp, Hillbrow, Hospital Hill, Jeppe Street, Jeppestown, Map, Market Street, Natal Camp, Paarl Camp, Palace Buildings, Randjeslaagte, Rissik Street, Yeoville