Reference code
ZA UCT BC326
Title
Hawke and McKinlay Collection
Date(s)
- 1917-1952 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
360 items
Name of creator
(1905-)
Administrative history
The partnership between William HAWKE and Walter Nicol McKINLAY dated from 1905 and their arrival in Cape Town as winners of the competition for the Cape of Good Hope University offices and examination hall in Queen Victoria Street. The partners subsequently won a number of competitions of national importance including the Law Courts in Bloemfontein (1906), now the Supreme Court; the National Museum, Bloemfontein (1907, officially opened in 1915); Pretoria Post Office (1909), Johannesburg city hall (1910) for which they also designed the grand organ and were responsible for later (1937-1940) two-storey addition to the city hall.
Archival history
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Scope and content
Plans of the buildings on the U.C.T. Groote Schuur campus, and the Ashley Street and Central Girls School, Cape Town. Name of firm changed to incl. CP Walgate and LA Elsworth.
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions apply
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Language of material
- English
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2013
Language(s)
- English