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Façade of Rösemann Building
Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.3.2. (Complexes of) Buildings, Private, Hotels
Proclamation No  | 085/1979
Place  | Karibib, Hidipo Hamutenya Road
Region  | Karas
Site Environment  | City
Previous Use  | Offices and hotel.
Current Use  | Bank.
Refences  | Official Gazette 4060, No. AG 115, 1979. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.174-175.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 20.12.1979 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa (NMC, National Monuments Act 1969, No. 28).
     

Description

The façade features a veranda with square pillars and a gable, a corner tower with round-arched windows. The western part with its rounded gable was built 1907-08.

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Brief History

Erected in 1900 by the trading company Rösemann & Kronewitter. The building accomodated their head office and a hotel. Since 1968, the building belonges to a local building contractor, Mr JO Liedtke.
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