Tag: Sir Herbert Baker

• From Finishing School to French Kiss: The Many Lives of 96 End Street

  

  The definitive history of 96 End Street including club mixes from Mandy’s and IDOLS

  Marc Latilla

  April 12, 2025

  Johannesburg

  Doornfontein, End Street, ESP Nightclub, Idols Nightclub, Mandy’s Nightclub, SA College of Music, Sir Herbert Baker

• 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

• Hospital Hill (Old Suburb between Braamfontein & Hillbrow)

  

  Hospital Hill was a popular name for the eastern part of the March 1888 surveyed part of the township of Johannesburg. It included the land on the hill where the first general hospital was built (the land granted by the government), Joubert Park and northerly surrounds, Kruger Park (which became the Wanderer’s Sports Club) and…

  Marc Latilla

  January 2, 2016

  Johannesburg

  Athenaeum club, Constitution Hill, Esselen, Fever hospital, Florence Nightingale Clinic, Fort, Gordon Leith, Government Mortuary, Governor’s House, Hillbrow Hospital, Hillbrow Recreation Centre, Hospital Hill, Non-European Hospital, Old Gaol, Old Johannesburg General Hospital, Public Works Department, Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, Sir Herbert Baker, South African Institute for Medical Research, Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children, Woman’s Prison

• 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.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

• Doornfontein Pt.2 (Norman House, I. H. Harris School, 96 End Street & Caledonian Hall)

  

  On the very edge of old Doornfontein running North to South is End Street – so called because that is where town literally ended. What was to become Doornfontein on the right was then just grazing land. John Dale Lace (Norman House) and Barney Bar…

  Marc Latilla

  April 28, 2011

  Johannesburg

  Adam Leslie Theatre, Aerial photographs, Andrew Wood, Barney Barnato, Bertrams, Caledonian Hall, Club Babylon, Donald Mackay Park, Doornfontein, Ellis Park, End Park, End Street, ESP Nightclub, Idols Nightclub, John Dale Lace, Leck & Emley, Mandy’s Nightclub, Natal Spruit, Norman House, Nugget Street, Ponte, SA College of Music, Sir Herbert Baker