Tag: Lithuanian Shul

• 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