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Durban City Hall
Durban City Hall: Durban City Hall, 263 West Street, Durban. 1883. Has Merorial Gardens too. 03
Durban City Hall: City Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban, 9 2 407 0010

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City hall · Durban, South Africa

Durban City HallSuspected

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1903–10
Declared purpose
City hall
Today
Survives, still the city hall
Build time
About 7 years
Region
Africa
Architect of record
Stanley G. Hudson, architect: about when credited (1903, born ). Build time on record: about 7 years.All architects of record →
On the list as
Suspected

Why it's on the list

An almost exact copy of Belfast City Hall.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A domed Edwardian city hall that is a near copy of Belfast City Hall.

  1. Why researchers flag it

    An almost exact copy of Belfast City Hall.

  2. A copy

    It closely copies Belfast City Hall.

  3. A dome

    A central dome.

Questions worth asking

  • Why copy Belfast in Durban?

Possible original uses

  • City hall

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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