Doornfontein - Wikipedia
Doornfontein (/ ˈ d ʊər n f ɒ n t eɪ n / DOORN-fon-tayn) [2] is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located to the east of the city centre. It is in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Doornfontein Pt.1 (Lion’s Shul & Bettelheim Mansion)
Apr 27, 2011 · Doornfontein was originally a popular early sanctuary for the well-off Western European, German and English Jews (amongst others). The suburb’s peak popularity was the mid-1890s when it had around 6000 people living in it.
Doornfontein, Johannesburg | South African History Online
Mar 4, 2019 · Doornfontein is a Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, which means thorn fountain, was originally the southern part of a Farm owned by Frederick Jacobus Bezuidenhout, and was proclaimed a public diggings after the Discovery of Gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886.
A Walk Through the Old Jewish Neighborhood of Doornfontein With Ancient ...
Sep 4, 2014 · Our walk continued to the University of Johannesburg Doornfontein Campus. Here we passed more former Jewish homes that are now University offices. In the photo directly below, you can see a building that had been divided into 2 separate homes.
Doornfontein Pt.2 (Norman House, I. H. Harris School, 96 End …
Apr 28, 2011 · Just north of Beit Street across the road from Norman house was a flower park known as Doornfontein Park. Doornfontein Park c1895 (Source: A Johannesburg Album) Map showing End Street in yellow. The triangular blocks running next to the top end of End Street is the park (Source: Watershed Town)
Doornfontein | Johannesburg 1912 - suburb by suburb research
Doornfontein Pt.4 (Yards, Alhambra Theatre, Van Wouw house, Marlborough House, Crystal Bakery & Jewish Workers Club) In early 1900s – 1920s various yards emerged in the Jeppe area and adjacent in what was termed ‘New Doornfontein’.
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Doornfontein - The Heritage Portal
Doornfontein. Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 . A Brief History of Windybrow. A Short History of the Jewish Community in Joburg. Locating the Victims of the 1922 Rand Revolt. Norman House - Gone but not forgotten. One of Joburg's Oldest Mansions in a …
The origins of Doornfontein and its adjoining farms being the …
Met die uitsondering van die plase Elandsfontein en Doornfontein, wat onderskeidelik in 1841 en 1846 geregistreer is, het nedersetting in dié gebied - tans bekend as die Sentrale Witwatersrand - eers vanaf 1849 begin posvat.
Doornfontein Map - Railway station - City of Johannesburg, …
Doornfontein is a railway station in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Doornfontein is situated nearby to Central Park , as well as near the church Methodist Evangelical Serice . Overview