CATALOGUENO: AT-4 DATE RECORDED: JANUARY – JUNE 2006

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JOHANNESBURGMETROPOLITANMUNICIPALITY

HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SURVEYING FORM

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Compiled by: Dr JJ Bruwer, 2002-07-29JJ Bruwer 

Cellphone: +27 82 325 5823

NAMEOFPLACE: JOHANNESBURGCORONATIONDENTALINFIRMARYBUILDING

Photograph: Catharina JM Bruwer.

Above: the JohannesburgCoronationDentalInfirmaryBuilding

to the centre of the photograph. (CJMB)

Previous/alternative name/s: also known as Johannesburgse Tandheelkundige

Kroningskliniek

: by 1954 – SocialWelfareBuilding

: by 1998 - Coronation Dental Infirmary

LOCATION:Street: Von Brandis

Street number: 81

Stand Number: 1276

Previous Stand Number: 1144

Block number: AT

Suburb: Johannesburg

GIS reference:

ZONING:Current use/s: public building

Previous use/s: public building

(CJMB)

DESCRIPTIONOFPLACE:

Height: 94’ 4½”

Levels above street level: nine

Levels below street level: one

On-site parking: yes

The floors of the building were designated as follows:

Basement:Basement Floor

Ground floor:Board Room Floor

First floor:Waiting Hall Floor

Second floor:Border Line Cases

Third floor:Main Surgery Floor

Fourth floor:Extraction and X-Ray Floor

Fifth floor:Nursery Floor

Sixth floor:Theatre Floor

Seventh floor:Caretakers Floor

Eight floor:‘Native Quarters’ Floor

(CJMB)

See electronic version of Survey Report for copies of the original building plans.

CONSTRUCTIONMATERIALS:

Plinth:marble plinth to the exterior of the building.

Exterior walls:fare face brick work executed in stretcher bond.

Interior walls:marble above dado height to ground floor; 6” skirting; benches to walls of third, fourth and fifth floors.

Roof:concrete; flat.

Windows:steel casements.

Floors:ruboleum, lino and wood blocks to floors.

(CJMB)

SITEFEATURES:

ALTERATIONS:

INTEGRITY:

As seen from the outside, the building seems to have retained its integrity. The owners should be informed, however, not to paint the building or have any alterations done to the exterior, as this is a 60 year old building and formal approval is required for any proposed changes, including cosmetic repairs. (CJMB)

INSCRIPTION:

ARCHITECT:

Reid & Martin

(Address: Annan House, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg.)

BUILDER:

CONSTRUCTION DATE:

Date on plans: 31 March 1938

Approval of plans: 5 December 1938

Completion date: 6 June 1939

(CJMB)

BUILDING STYLE:

Early Modernist.

BUILDING TYPE:

This is a government building ie. dental hospital. (CJMB)

ENVIRONMENT:

CONDITION:

The building requires cosmetic repairs. (CJMB)

URGENT ACTION:

The owners of the building should be requested not to remove the crest to the main entrance of the building, as this represents a layer of history. (CJMB)

SAHRA RECORD REGARDING ALTERATIONS, RENOVATIONS, RESTORATION:

PROTECTION STATUS: (under National Heritage Resources Act, 1999)

General protection:Section 34(1) structure/s

Formal protection:provincial heritage site

national heritage site

provisional protection

heritage area

listed in provincial heritage

resources register

Relevant Gazette Notice:

Gazette description:

FORMER PROTECTION STATUS: (under National Monuments Act, 1969)

NOTES:

DEEDS INFORMATION:

Original ownership:National Government of the Republic of SA

Document:T5747/1912

Amount:

Encumbrance:Reserved TransvaalProvince

Ownership:Provisional Administration

Registration Date:

Document:T5689/2003

Amount:

Ownership:Presmooi (Pty) Ltd.

Registration Date:2005-02-10

Document:T7134/2005

Amount:R4564 107.00

PRE-HISTORY OF SITE:

JOHANNESBURGEDUCATIONDEPARTMENTBUILDING:

By 1908 a double storey gabled building known as the Johannesburg Education Department Building occupied this site.

(CJMB)

W.W.SCHOOLBOARDBUILDING:

The block plan of the Jewish Guild War Memorial (AT-5) dated 21 January 1925 shows this site being occupied by the W.W.SchoolBoardBuilding.

(CJMB)

HISTORY:

GENERAL NOTES:

Estimated cost of building: £25 000.00

Estimated cost of drainage: £1 100.00

Accommodation approved: two ‘Europeans’

: five ‘Natives’

Valuation at completion: the original valuation of the building was £23 000.00; this was

changed to £20 000.00 during December 1939

Occupied: yes

(CJMB)

PREVIOUS TENANT/S:

By 1954:

81 Jeppe – Social Welfare

CURRENT TENANT/S:

Riggs – Chazel Shoes

SOURCES:

Published Sources

The Rand-Pretoria Directory 1954 (Comprising Complete Alphabetical And Trades Directories of Johannesburg, Pretoria And ReefTowns), Cape Times Limited, Cape Town, 1954.

Van Der Waal, G-M.: From Mining Camp to Metropolis, The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940, Chris Van Rensburg Publications, Johannesburg, 1987.

Unpublished Sources

Architects In South Africa 1780 – 1940; Draft manuscript, J Walker & G M van der Waal, 1992, HSRC, Pretoria.

JohannesburgBuilding, Space & Urban Feature Classification, 1998: Inner City - Metropolitan Planning, Johannesburg Metropolitan Council (Cool Factory).

Plans records of surveyed buildings, Marshallstown and City of Johannesburg: Archives, Building Control, Development Management, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

RandTownship Registry Johannesburg.

ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Historic Value:

Associated with historic person, group or organisation

Associated with historic event or activity

Architectural/Aesthetic value:

Important example of building type

Important example of a style or period

Fine details, workmanship or aesthetics

Work of a major architect or builder

Social/Spiritual/Linguistic value:

Associated with social, spiritual, linguistic, economic or political activity

Illustrates an historical period

Scientific/Technological value:

Example of industrial, technical or engineering development/achievement

New, rare or experimental building techniques

RECORDED BY:

Heritage Resources Management team Johann J Bruwer and Alezea Bruwer.

And Catharina JM Bruwer.

Photographs (unless otherwise indicated) by Johann J Bruwer and Alezea Bruwer.

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