General Information
| Completion: | 1897 |
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| Status: | under renovation |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Post office / postal building |
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Location
| Location: |
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| Address: | Rissik Street |
| Coordinates: | 26° 12' 15.59" S 28° 2' 32.38" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 102 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Rissik Street Post Office was built in 1897 during the time of Paul Kruger. Built and designed by President Paul Kruger's architect Sytze Wierda the Post Office was at one time the tallest building in Johannesburg.
The Post Office became a national monument in 1978, and it remained in operation until 1996 when the South African Post Office vacated the building. The monument was gutted by a fire in 2009. The reconstruction with an estimated cost of R147-million began in 2016.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Rissik Street Post Office" and modified on 11 April 2020 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Participants
Architecture
- Sytze Wierda (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20045655 - Published on:
23/06/2009 - Last updated on:
28/12/2019
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