One Hundred Places of Outstanding Cultural, Historical, Architectural, and Natural Interest in Johannesburg

Compiled by the Johannesburg 100 Committee

  1. Johannesburg Station (Park Station), 1933
    45 De Villiers Street, City

  2. Technikon Witwatersrand (School of Mines and Technology), 1907
    111 Eloff Street, cnr De Villiers Street, City

  3. a). Ansteys Building, 1934
    b). Manners Mansions, 1934
    Cnr Jeppe and Joubert Streets, City

  4. Bethlehem House (Trades Hall), 1914
    63 Rissik Street, City

  5. Kerk Street Mosque, 1918
    12 Kerk Street, cnr Fraser Street, City

  6. Diagonal Street Precinct, 1909
    Diagonal Street, City

  7. Old Market, Bush Shelter, Mary Fitzgerald Square, Edwardian Toilets, 1913
    Cnr Wolhuter and Bree Streets, Newtown

  8. City Electricity Generating Station, 1929
    Red brick building & steam turbine
    Jeppe Street, Newtown

  9. Anglo American Building, 1939
    44 Main Street, Ferreirasdorp

  10. Johannesburg Public Library, 1935
    Market Square, City

  11. Standard Bank, 1906
    Cnr Harrison and Commissioner Streets, City

  12. Barclays Bank, 1904
    77-79 Commissioner Street, City

  13. Standard Bank Centre, 1970
    78 Fox Street, City

  14. Victory House, 1896
    34 Harrison Street, City

  15. Rand Club, 1902
    33-35 Loveday Street, City

  16. Barclays Bank Museum (Natal Bank), 1903
    90 Market Street, City

  17. Somerset House (United Buildings), 1905
    110 Fox Street, Marshalltown

  18. Three Castles Building, 1899
    207 Marshall Street, cnr Goud Street, City and Suburban

  19. a). Elephant Trading House, 1921
    107 Market Street, City
    b). The Markade (Mosenthals), 1911
    84 President Street, City

  20. Supreme Court, 1909
    Pritchard Street, cnr Von Brandis Street, City

  21. OK Bazaars Building, 1912
    78 Eloff Street, City

  22. Cuthberts Building, 1904
    75 Eloff Street, cnr Pritchard Street, City

  23. Markhams Building, 1897
    67 Pritchard Street, cnr Eloff Street, City

  24. Astor Mansions, 1932
    178 Jeppe Street, cnr Von Brandis Street, City

  25. a). Peter House (Swifts Building), 1934
    233 Bree Street, City
    b). Orion House (Hotpoint House), 1934
    235 Bree Street, City

  26. Moresby Court, 1896
    Cnr Troye and Jeppe Streets, City

  27. Kensington Flats, 1893
    102 Noord Street, City

  28. Drill Hall, 1904
    Cnr Twist and Plein Streets, City

  29. Johannesburg Art Gallery, 1915
    Joubert Park

  30. House Jager, 1906
    44 Koch Street, Joubert Park

  31. Greek Orthodox Church, 1912
    74 Wolmarans Street, Joubert Park

  32. Great Synagogue, 1914
    129 Wolmarans Street, cnr Claim Street, Joubert Park

  33. Hillbrow Hospital (Old General Hospital, 1890)
    Bob Stoyen Ward, 1903
    Butterfly Pavilions, 1912/13
    Superintendent's House, 1903
    Smit Street, Johannesburg Central

  34. SA Institute for Medical Research, 1912
    Hospital Street, Johannesburg Central

  35. Friedeskirche, 1912
    Cnr Twist and Kapteijn Streets, Hillbrow

  36. Gates and Lodge, Barnato Park, 1897
    Johannesburg High School for Girls
    Beatrice Lane, Berea

  37. Berea Fire Station, 1910
    2 Mitchell Street, cnr Banket Street, Berea

  38. Helpmekaar Boys High School, 1925
    Melle Street, Braamfontein

  39. Contorted Bed, rock cutting
    Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein

  40. University of the Witwatersrand Central Block, 1924
    1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein

  41. Tower of Light, 1936
    University of the Witwatersrand West Campus
    (formerly Milner Park Showgrounds)

  42. St Georges Anglican Church, 1904
    7 Sherborne Road, Parktown

  43. Sunnyside Park Hotel (Sunnyside Park), 1895
    2 York Road, Parktown

  44. Brenthurst Estate (Marienhof), 1902
    Federation Road, Parktown

  45. Villa Arcadia, 1908
    22 Oxford Road, Parktown

  46. Moot House, 1906
    47 The Valley Road, Parktown

  47. Parktown Convent, 1905
    40 Oxford Road, Parktown

  48. Whitehall Court, 1933
    10 4th Street, cnr 2nd Avenue, Killarney

  49. St John's College, 1907
    21 St David Road, Upper Houghton

  50. a). Munro Drive, 1938
    Upper Houghton
    b). Stewart Drive, 1933
    Bellevue Central

  51. Eye of the Orange Grove Spruit
    106 Houghton Drive (Can be seen from Louis Botha Avenue)

  52. Waverley House (Page House), 1904
    5 Murray Street, Waverley

  53. Hindu Temple, 1906
    Between 2nd and 3rd Streets, Abbotsford

  54. Herman Eckstein Park (Zoological Gardens and Zoo Lake), 1903
    Jan Smuts Avenue, Forest Town

  55. House Martienssen, 1935
    53 Cruden Bay Road, Greenside

  56. Jeppe High School for Boys
    23 Good Hope Street, Kensington

  57. Emmarentia Dam, 1902
    Jan van Riebeeck Park, Emmarentia

  58. Aasvoelkop and archaeological site
    Early-Middle Stone Age and Iron Age
    Stands 2387 and 2393, Northcliff Ext.12

  59. Three Vrededorp cottages, circa 1892
    11th Street, Vrededorp, stands 316, 567, 573

  60. Malay Mosque, 1914
    23rd Street, Pageview

  61. Braamfontein Station and Subway, 1912
    Smit Street, Braamfontein

  62. Fordsburg Square: Red Revolt, 1922
    Mint, Commercial, Main, and Central Roads, Fordsburg

  63. Crown Reef North Complex: Christ Church, 1897
    Avenue, mining cottages, and school
    1 Park Drive and Crown Reef Avenue, Mayfair

  64. Headgear and shaft on Robinson Deep Mine, 1897
    Offf Anderson West Road, City West

  65. Crown Mines Headquarters, No.2 Shaft and Dump, 1911
    RMP Main Reef Road, Crown Mines

  66. Langlaagte Deep Village, 1902
    Crownwood Road, Crown Mines

  67. Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company, 1887
    Sprinz Avenue, Village Main

  68. Turffontein Race Course, 1889
    Turf Club Road, Turffontein

  69. 14 Shaft and hoist, Gold Reef City
    Northern Parkway, Ormonde

  70. Tolstoy Farm: Mahatma Gandhi, 1911
    Lawley, Portion 88, Roodepoort 302 IQ

  71. Van Wyksrust Prison, 1889
    Olifantsvlei. Golden Highway (R29) cross Klip River, on the right at 4-way stop

  72. Eagle's Nest Boer fortifications, 1900
    Opposite Alan Manor on west side of Vereeniging Road, close to intersection of Constantia Avenue, Alan Manor

  73. Archaeological site near Otley's Hoek in the Klipriviersberg, 17th - 18th century
    Portion 134 of Farm Olifantsvlei, 327 IQ

  74. Rietvlei Farm, circa 1850
    East of Kibler Park and north of Mayfield Park on Rietvlei Portion 14 101 IQ

  75. Alhambra Theatre, 1919
    Sivewright Avenue, cnr Beit Street, Doornfontein

  76. Anton van Vouw house, 1903
    studios, 1910 and 1915
    111 Sivewright Avenue, Doornfontein

  77. Mai Mai Bazaar, 1920
    Albert Street, off Berea Street, City and Suburban

  78. Meyer and Charlton Mine, 1890
    30 Wolhuter Street, North Doornfontein

  79. Cosmopolitan Hotel, 1899
    285 Commissioner Street, cnr Albrecht Street, Jeppestown

  80. Jooste and Bryant Building, 1906
    299 Marshall Street, Jeppestown

  81. Osborne Pharmacy, 1898
    325 Marshall Street, cnr Maddison Street, Jeppestown

  82. Grand Station Hotel, 1896
    302 Main Street, Jeppestown

  83. St Mary the Less Anglican Church, 1889
    41 Park Street, Jeppestown

  84. Jeppestown Post Office, 1897
    315 Main Street, Jeppestown

  85. St Andrews Prebyterian Church, 1903
    374 Commissioner Street, Fairview

  86. St Marys College, 1904
    61 Berg Street, cnr Marshall Street, Jeppestown

  87. Salisbury House, 1903
    418 Marshall Street, cnr Berg Street, Jeppestown

  88. Thabana House, 1902
    Robinson Street, Belgravia

  89. Kensington Clinic (Sanatorium), 1905
    21 Roberts Avenue, Kensington

  90. Lion House, 1906
    20 Roberts Avenue, Kensington

  91. Foster Gang Cave, 1914
    31 Juno Street, Kensington

  92. Malvern Tram Terminus Building, 1911
    546B Jules Street, cnr 17th Street, Malvern

  93. Bezuidenhout Farm, 1860
    dwellings, 1890
    Bezuidenhout Park, Marcia Road, Dewetshof

  94. Jukskei River meander
    Turnstone Street, Dewetshof

  95. Union Observatory, 1905
    18-20 Gill Street, Observatory

  96. Beauvais, 1907
    11A Grace Road, Observatory

  97. Row Houses, Bertrams, 1905
    41-43 Queen Street, 44-48 Gordon Road, Bertrams

  98. Yeoville water tower, 1913
    Percy Street, Yeoville

  99. Rand Airport, 1935
    Germiston

  100. Modderfontein Dynamite Factory, 1894-1899
    Modderfontein

This list originally appeared in 'Guidebook to sites of geological and mining interest on the central Witwatersrand', edited by F. Mendelsohn and C.T. Potgieter, Geological Society of South Africa, 1986.


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