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Parliament
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Click link on thumbnail. More images...! As the Legislative Assemblt building early 1900s . . |
Location
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Harare, (CBD) | |
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Designers
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Date
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1896 - 1969 | ||
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Original
Client
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Daniel Mitchell & Robert Snodgrass, (Politicians) | ||
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Style
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Discussion
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The
parliament buildings, were originally conceived as a hotel in 1895 by
two South African politicians, Daniel Mitchell and Robert Snodgrass. Although
it was partially completed the building - by this time know as Cecil building
- was commandeered the following year by the Rhodesian army as a barracks.
In 1896 Mitchell and Snodgrass had failed to repay their loan on the building and the government repossessed it, intending to turn it into a post office. However, the new Legislative Assembly took a liking to it almost immediately, and on 15 May 1899, it was taken over as the Parliament Building. The building has undergone several renovations - in 1969 it grew to six storeys. Ref. Deanna Swaney |
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Web
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Credits
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SWANEY Deanna - Zimbabwe, Botswana & Namibia (1995) Peter Jackson - Historic Buildings of Harare (1986). |
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