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Deutsche Bank Afrika Building
Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.3.3. (Complexes of) Buildings, Private, Business Buildings
Proclamation No  | 089/1980
Place  | Lüderitz, Bismarck St
Region  | Karas
Site Environment  | Part of an ensemble of buildings of German colonial style.
Previous Use  | Bank. Residence and souvenir shop.
Current Use  | Bank.
Refences  | Official Gazette 4081, No. AG 7, 1980. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.190-191.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 07.02.1980 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa (NMC, National Monuments Act 1969, No. 28).
     

Description

Two-storeyed, corner tower and gable. Closed-off veranda in the upper storey. Wrought iron work on a number of windows at street level. Cast iron stairs and gate. Vault.

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Brief History

First bank in Lüderitz, built in 1907 by A Bause. The workers from the diamond fields were paid through a sliding window.
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