Muizenberg, Cape Town : The Empire, Muizenberg

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Empire, Muizenberg

With a few modifications.

Cheers

2 comments:

Kris McCracken said...: A very modest empire!; January 16, 2009 at 4:50 AM
Anonymous said...: Wow! It's been totally revamped. This place was derelict for years, what is it now...movie house, business ? and the apartments are they revamped too ? Thanks for the bigger picture. Peace, Eric.; January 16, 2009 at 1:59 PM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.