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Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the farm Roodepoort, and named Frankfurt (after Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany) by Albert van Gordon. [3] The town later received municipality status in 1896. [4]
The district encompasses 430 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Frankfort. The district developed between about 1832 and 1952, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture.
Other notable buildings include the Harker Building (1890), Frankfort Municipal Building (1916), Coca-Cola building (mid-1920s), Ross Building (1897), Keys Building (1899), and K. F. & W Traction Station (early 1920s). [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
The sale of this 1,000-car collection was spread over three auction sessions in 1985, 1986 and 1987. The company was sold to ITT in 1981, but the family bought it back in 1986. It was then sold to eBay for $275 million in 1999 [ 3 ] but was purchased back by Dean Kruse in 2002.
The district encompasses 151 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Frankfort. The district developed between about 1875 and 1940, and includes notable examples of Italianate , Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture.
The suburb is mostly located on the Magaliesberg and entirely south of Sefako Makgato Drive . [1] It is bordered by Montana Park to the east and Wonderboom to the west. Place in Gauteng, South Africa
The new town was named Frankfort at the brothers' request and honors their German great-grandparents' home of Frankfurt am Main. [5] The town of Frankfort was laid off on the 60-acre (240,000 m 2) tract by William Douglass, the county agent, and the plat filed on June 8, 1830. The original plat consisted of 64 lots in eight blocks surrounding a ...
Halfway House Estate is a suburb of Midrand, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality . It is a suburb approximately 27 km north of Johannesburg and 18 km north-west of Kempton Park .