Avalon Blue Plaque
Avalon Blue Plaque is a memorial in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Avalon Blue Plaque is situated nearby to the pitch Kenefick Park Backyard Cricket Stadium, as well as near Falkland Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Endstead and Johannesburg Planetarium.
Endstead
Historic building
Endstead is a historic house in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa built in 1903 by Ernest Willmot Sloper for his own use. The original property has been sub-divided; the only major changes to the house have been the addition of a double garage by Tony… Endstead is situated 660 metres northwest of Avalon Blue Plaque.
Johannesburg Planetarium
Planetarium
Photo: Soul Train, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Planetarium is a planetarium owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, located on the University's East Campus in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. It was the first full-sized planetarium in Africa, and the second in the southern hemisphere. Johannesburg Planetarium is situated 700 metres south of Avalon Blue Plaque.
William Cullen Library
Library
Photo: Heather Elke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The William Cullen Library is a library located on the East Campus of the University of the Witwatersrand, in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Opened in March 1934, it stands as one of the university’s oldest and architecturally distinguished buildings, now serving as a research and special collections hub. William Cullen Library is situated 1 km south of Avalon Blue Plaque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parktown and Richmond.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
Richmond
Neighborhood
Richmond is a small, centrally located suburb in Johannesburg whose Edwardian, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern houses are being both gentrified and torn down.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.
Avalon Blue Plaque
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Built in 1910 for David W John, a merchant, and designed by the pioneering architects Arthur and Walter Reid.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.18216° or 26° 10′ 56″ southLongitude
28.02886° or 28° 1′ 44″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR29H+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 13738056262OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kenefick Park Backyard Cricket Stadium and Falkland Park.
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