In the article below, Jaco Mattheyse explores the history behind a well-known Krugersdorp landmark: the old Police Station on Commissioner Street. He begins by unpacking the social and political landscape of the town in the 1890s.
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I presented this story at the Valentine's Day Johannesburg Heritage Foundation celebration on the lawns of Northwards and thought Heritage Portal readers would also enjoy this South African story of love, endurance and resilience against the backdrop of the Second World War. It was one of seven presented at this event.
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Architects Kallenbach and Reynolds chose the shape of a Greek cross to accommodate the large church on its square site. Their treatment of the corner, rising to the pencil-point steeple is a pinnacle in stone, reaching above its neighbours to the heavens. General de la Rey laid the foundation stone on 2 May 1906 and the first service was held on 26 January 1907.