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Fort Frederick
Location : Eastern Cape > Port Elizabeth > Central
Fort Frederick, Port Elizabeth, which is located along Belmont Terrace, Central, is a stone fort built in 1799 by the British Forces to defend the mouth of the Baakens River.
Hill Presbyterian Church
Location : Eastern Cape > Port Elizabeth > Central
Situated at the corner of Belmont and Alfred Terrace is the ‘Hill’ Presbyterian Church. In 1861 the Rev. George Renny was brought to Port Elizabeth as minister to the Presbyterian community. Services were held in the Old Grey Institute while the present church was being constructed. It was...
Grey Institute Building
Location : Eastern Cape > Port Elizabeth > Central
During the 1850’s a revival of higher learning filtered through the Cape Colony. Sir George Grey played a prominent role in the movement, during which properties were set aside for schools. A large grant was made Inc the establishment of a school in Port Elizabeth. Most of the land granted was...
Donkin Heritage Trail
Location : Eastern Cape > Port Elizabeth > Central
The Donkin Heritage Trail links 51 places of historical interest in the old Hill area of central Port Elizabeth.
Pembridge House
Location : Eastern Cape > Port Elizabeth > Central
Originally “Jessieville” it was built in about 1840 for merchant Joseph Smith and was extensively altered by Emil Castens in the 1880s. Harry Mosenthal, a second generation of the merchants who set up a branch of Mosenthal Brothers in Main Street in 1842, lived in the house at the end of...
Port Elizabeth Main Library
Location : Eastern Cape > Port Elizabeth > Central
The splendid old Port Elizabeth Main Library is situated in the North-Western corner of Market Square. The first building on the site was constructed in 1835 and was initially used as a courthouse from 1854.
The present library building was officially opened in 1902. The building is...
Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin (Anglican)
Location : Eastern Cape > Port Elizabeth > Central
Just off Main Street and opposite the Library is the Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin. The Church was founded at a meeting of citizens under the chainuanship of Captain Francis Evatt on 26 April 1824. The foundation stone of the Church building was laid on 5 October 1825, and in the same...
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