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Restorica Archive

  • Soap Houses of the Karoo
  • Some early Piquetberg farms illustrated by Johannes Cornelius Poortermans
  • The Architectural and Historical Significance of the Markhams Building
  • The Old Synagogue in the Gardens
  • They wanted to demolish the Durban Railway Station
  • Restoring Pietermaritzburg's Old Ireland Building in the late 1970s
  • Commemorating Sir Herbert Baker's last building in South Africa
  • A short history of the whaling industry in South Africa
  • George Rex - Remarkable but not Royal
  • Mariendahl Brewery - One of South Africa's finest industrial monuments
  • Remembering Old Claremont Cape Town
  • Johannesburg's Early Markets
  • A Bit of Old Barberton 
  • Schroder House - The oldest documented dwelling in South Africa
  • Gordon Verhoef & Krause - Adverts over the years
  • The Father of East London's House
  • 19th Century lettering on buildings
  • Uitenhage's Evolution 1804-1910
  • Civic Spine 1989-1991 - The voice of the architects
  • Looking back at Johannesburg's Civic Spine controversy

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From our Archive

  • Roaming the Western Cape Rails
  • Early mixed farming at the Broederstroom Archaeological Site
  • Clive Chipkin - ‘No coherence!’
  • Tunnel at Waterval Boven - Probably the best-known and most famous of all NZASM structures
  • The Red Ox of Riebeek Kasteel
  • Life was hard for a woman on the Rand in the early days
  • The tragic stories about the early doctors of Potchefstroom
  • Modern Day Mystery - What has happened to the owner of the Kensington Castle?
  • John Frederick Bourne - Railwayman who left an Unexpected Legacy
  • A short description of St Michael and All Angels Queenstown
  • Celebrating Heritage at Clifton
  • One of the earliest and most important items of South African Railway History goes on sale
  • Wilge River - Supplying water to the Premier Mine
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • Anglo-Zulu War 1879 - Some personalities photographed

From the Directory

  • South African Society of Archivists
  • Historic Building Consultants
  • KEIM Mineral Paint and Plaster Systems of Southern Africa
  • Erica Davison THL
  • formula D_ - Museum Planners and Heritage Consultants
  • Drakenstein Heritage Foundation (DHF)
  • Architects Boers Associates
  • Southern Suburbs Heritage Society
  • Arcadia Residents and Ratepayers Association (ARRA)
  • St Ursula's Museum, Art Gallery & Research Centre
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