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BOKSBURG

Boksburg was established on 2 March 1887 on the farm Vogelfontein after gold was discovered. It was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, Willem Eduard Bok. It became a municipality in October 1905.

Remnants of Victorian house

Only the corner tower of this Victorian house remains. Situated on Mai Reef road

Angelo Hotel,

Angelo Hotel, Main Reef Road – 1887. This hotel was used as a staging post between Boksburg and the other towns.

Post Office

Post Office, corner of Market and Joubert streets. - This building was only completed in 1905. This building was declared a National Monument.

Old Government Building

Old Government Building, Church Street - The building was designed by Sytze Wierda, architect of the ZAR. The cornerstone was laid by the Head of Mining CJ Joubert on 15 October 1890. It served as a Magistrate’s Office from 1901 – 1958. This building was declared a National Monument.

Methodist Church

Methodist Church, cnr Osborne Street and Market st – Circa 1906. No cornerstone could be found. A list of all clergymen within the church exist since 1906.

St Michael and All Angels Church

St Michael and All Angels Church – This church was designed by Sir Herbert Baker in the Romanesque style. The building was consecrated in 1912.

Masonic Lodge

Masonic Lodge, Osborne Street. - A few Freemasons gathered in Boksburg in November 1892 and having decided to form a lodge. No time was wasted in finding a 'permanent' home, which was built and ready for occupation by 1895.

Masonic Hotel

Masonic Hotel, Market Street – Established 1887 and rebuilt in 1906. The hotel was opened by a Mr F Johnson, one of the first hotels in Boksburg.

Boksburg Civic centre

Boksburg Civic centre, Commissioner Street – 1924.

Assembly Hall (Harvey’s Building

Assembly Hall (Harvey’s Building, cr Commissioner and Loop St) – 1890 – was used as an Opera house. Currently used as Boksburg Printers

Premier Glass Works

Premier Glass Works, 233 Commissioner St – This building dated 1905. Previously a bank building.

GCJB De Vries Building

GCJB De Vries Building, previously Corder’s Building, 260 Commissioner St cnr Bank St - 1910

Zeeman’s Building

Zeeman’s Building, cnr Commissioner and Trichardt Road – AD 1902

Bezuidenhout’s Building

Bezuidenhout’s Building, 250 Commissioner Street – 1909

Central Hotel

Central Hotel, Commissioner St - 1905

German style building

German style building, Pretoria Rd Comet.

Boksburg Christian Academy Gold

Boksburg Christian Academy Gold, just off Pretoria Rd, Angelo - This building was the ERPM head office for a while.

Boksburg Railway Station

Boksburg Railway Station, Church Street

NG Stone Church

NG Stone Church, Voortrekkerst - Cornersone laid on 27 January 1912

Bank Building

Bank Building

40 Pillars

40 Piillars, 21 Ash street, Plantation - 1913

Orange Flats

Orange Flats, Commissioner st Circa 1906

Boksburg Prison

Boksburg Prison, Commissioner street Circa 1905. First a men's jail then used as a womans prison. Currently accommodation for destitute people

Shop 1905

Shopbuilding, commissioner st - 1905

Boksburg North Hotel

Boksburg North Hotel, Trichadts st cnr Cason Rd

Shopfront 1917

Shopfront , Cason street - 1917

L Berman's Building

L Berman's Building, Cason Rd 1915

St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls

St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls – Kruger St – The school was established in 1923. The cornerstone for the building was laid by Bishop Cox, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Johannesburg on 14 September 1921. The school is famous for its drum majorettes.

Boksburg first school

Boksburg first school – ERPM Golf Course, Pretoria Rd Boksburg West – The golf course came into being in 1903 when holes were built around the first school. This wood-and-iron structure was also used as the first club house.

St John's Uniting Presbyterian Church

St John's Uniting Presbyterian Church - Leeuwpoort St – Three cornerstones were laid on 25 November 1916 by the following - WM Dalrymple, Dr JD Kerr Muir and B Owen Jones Esq

First World War Monument

First World War Monument – Town Hall grounds cnr Commissioner and Bank St – This monument commemorates those of Boksburg who gave their lives during the War. Erected in 1921

ERPM War Memorial

ERPM War Memorial – Pretoria Rd between Rondebult and Main reef Rd, Angelo – on private property – This memorial commemorates those who fall during the Great War - 1914-1918. It included Col Sir George Farrar – the main shareholder of the ERPM mines.