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Pembridge House
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Originally “Jessieville” it was built in about 1840 for merchant Joseph Smith and was extensively altered by Emil Castens in the 1880s. Harry Mosenthal, a second generation of the merchants who set up a branch of Mosenthal Brothers in Main Street in 1842, lived in the house at the end of...
Donkin Street Houses
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
The Donkin Street houses were built between 1860 and 1880. The row of terraced houses, each lower than the preceding one, is remarkable in that they are integrated in a single unit. The whole street was declared a national monument in 1967. The land was created by filling in the natural kloof.
Pearson Park Resort
Location : Eastern Cape > Colchester > Colchester
Pearson Park Resort is a paradise for watersport and nature lovers alike, situated a mere 3km's from the Matyholweni or South Entrance to the Addo Elephant National Park on the banks of the Sundays River, Colchester.
St Peters Anglican Church Ruins - South End
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > South End
St. Peter's Anglican Church Precinct in South End, Port Elizabeth, offers visitors a captivating journey through time and heritage. The site, with its partially restored historic church ruins, presents a poignant narrative of resilience against apartheid-era challenges and cultural dispersion....
Donkin Reserve, Pyramid and Lighthouse
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Donkin Reserve, located off Belmont Terrace, Central, and overlooking the city, was proclaimed an open space in perpetuity by Sir Rufane Donkin.
The Old Museum
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
As is the case with many of the fine old buildings in the vicinity, the old Museum was originally built as a dwelling house. It was for Henry Rutherford in 1861. In 1896 it became the home of Adam White Guthrie, Mayor of P E from 1912 to 1915. His legatees left the house to the Port Elizabeth...
Lilitha Nursing College (previously Sharley Cribb Nursing College)
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
The house “Sundridge” (Architect G W Smith) was built in 1897 for A E Allen Smith and his wife Emily (born Savage) in the Art Nouveau style. In 1929 Herman Sammel converted it into the very modem Park Hotel by adding a large bedroom wing and later, a ballroom. It has been the Nursing College...
Cuyler Manor Museum
Location : Eastern Cape > Kariega > Uitenhage
Built as a homestead for General Jacob Glen Cuyler, Landdrost of Uitenhage from 1806 to 1827, this Cape Dutch style house has been restored and furnished in the style of its day. As a living museum, demonstrations of traditional activities such as soap and candle making, baking and weaving can...
Mandela Bay Theatre Complex (previously PE Opera House)
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Mandela Bay Theatre Complex (previously known as Port Elizabeth Opera House) with two theatres, namely The Opera House and Barn Theatre which are located on the corner of John Kani Road and Winston Ntshona Street, Central, Gqeberha was opened in 1892 and was proclaimed a national monument in...
South End Museum
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > South End
South End was once a cosmopolitan suburb bustling with street life, known for its respected schools, is festive hotels, numerous family businesses and its own air fish sellers.
It was home to generations of families who lived in houses which today are only recorded in water colours.
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