Rissik Street Post Office
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rissik-street-post-office-176-15205519
title:
Rissik Street Post Office
text:
The Rissik Street Post Office was built in 1897 during the time of Paul Kruger. Built and designed by President Paul Kruger's architect Sytze Wierda the Post Office was at one time the tallest building in Johannesburg, with a height of 102 metres. The Post Office became a national monument in 1978, and it remained in operation until 1996 when the South African Post Office vacated the building. The monument was gutted by a fire in 2009. The reconstruction with an estimated cost of R147-million be
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National monument in Johannesburg, South Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rissik_Street_Post_Office
date created:
2014-07-05T02:24:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:33:18Z
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