Tag: Jooste & Bryant

• History of Braamfontein Pt.2 (Lost Braamfontein)

  

  I’ve come across yet another suburb name that a part of Braamfontein was once known as: Argyle (or Argyll). This was once known as Johannesburg’s smallest suburb and was a few blocks west of the old Johannesburg Hospital. According to Anna Smith’s ‘History of Johannesburg street names’, the Transvaal Volksraad granted Commandant Daniel Egnatius Schutte…

  Marc Latilla

  September 30, 2014

  Johannesburg

  All Saints Clifton Parish Hall, Ameshoff Street, Argyle, Braamfontein, Braamfontein Dutch Refrom Church, Civic Centre, Civic Theatre, Clifton, Clifton Methodist Church, Devonshire Hotel, Early Johannesburg, Geldenhuys Building, Henri Street, history of johannesburg, Hospital Hill School, Jooste & Bryant, Juta Street, Sacke Residence, Spes Bona School

• 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