Lawson Pinnacle
Lawson Pinnacle is an obelisk in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Lawson Pinnacle is situated nearby to University of the Witwatersrand, as well as near the bus station Johannesburg Metrobus Depot.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Obelisk
- Description: Monuments on Wits West campus to Wilfred Lawson
- Inscription: “Designed by Wilfred Lawson and his architects Neill, Powell & Neill in the 1960‘s to decorate the entrance to Lawson’s Corner, now the WAM museum in Braamfontein. In his time, Wilfred Lawson was a prominent entrepreneur and business leader...”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Johannesburg Planetarium and William Cullen Library.
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 260 metres northeast of Lawson Pinnacle.
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 330 metres east of Lawson Pinnacle.
Yale–Columbia Southern Observatory
College building
Photo: Derek J Moore, CC BY 4.0.
· The Yale Southern Observatory is an astronomical observatory established by Yale University in 1925 on Milner Park Show Grounds in Johannesburg, South Africa.The building would soon be incorporated into the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand, as campus expanded. Yale–Columbia Southern Observatory is situated 230 metres east of Lawson Pinnacle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parktown and Braamfontein.
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.
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.
Ferreirasdorp
Suburb
Ferreirasdorp is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. First known as Ferreira's Camp and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg.
Lawson Pinnacle
Latitude
-26.18972° or 26° 11′ 23″ southLongitude
28.0262° or 28° 1′ 34″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR26G+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1480577377OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obeliskWikidata ID
Q138341854
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