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Ten-man House
Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.2.6. (Complexes of) Buildings, Public, Government Buildings
Proclamation No  | 105/1986
Place  | Windhoek, Rev. Michael Scott St
Region  | Khomas
Site Environment  | Some steps from city centre.
Previous Use  | Accomodation.
Current Use  | Accomodation.
Refences  | Official Gazette 5241, No. 154, 1986. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.172.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 01.08.1986 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa (NMC, National Monuments Act 1969, No. 28).
     

Description

H-form ground shape, stone foundation, walls from unbacked clay, towers on the corners, spacious verandas. Roof of corrugated iron. Window frames and veranda props orginally from wood. 10 L-shaped rooms, 5 x 5m and 2.6 x 2.6m each, 4 with separate bathrooms; 2 shared bathrooms. Plastered in course of a later renovation.

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Brief History

Designed by Gottlieb Redecker and erected in 1906/07 as accomodation for 10 unmarried government officials. Today, it accomadates female government officials.
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