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The Natal Bank Building is situated on Stand 194 (previously 756) at 90 Market Street (now known as Albertina Sisulu Road) in the city of Johannesburg. Natal Bank was the second bank to open a branch in the city after Standard Bank. The Natal Bank’s first bank building was erected on the same site in 1891 by M. B. Houge, architect. It was a generous height single storey building of brick with a projecting pediment, and was demolished to make way for the larger existing building.〔Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Heritage Assessment Surveying Form, Dr JJ Bruwer, Aug/Sept 2002. 123〕 Ideally situated a block away from the Stock Exchange and the National Bank of the South African Republic, the bank prospered and two years later plans were accepted for a new four-storeyed building and vaults.〔The Star, Monday April 7 1986. Article by Olga Horowitz. 7〕 A new design was prepared by architects Carter and McIntosh in 1889, but the second Anglo-Boer War hampered the building operations. Soon after peace had been restored, McIntosh and Moffat were commissioned to redesign the building, which was eventually occupied on 24 August 1903.〔Johannesburg Metropilitan Municipality, Heritage Assessment Surveying Form, Dr JJ Bruwer, Aug/Sept 2002. 123〕 This is the building as it currently stands. At the time, the building cost £29,847〔The Star, Monday April 7 1986. Article by Olga Horowitz. 7〕 to construct and has an area of ~460m2. ==Design== The building is Neo-Classical in style, reflecting the stylistic preference of the period. Van Der Waal describes it as follows: ‘Attractively proportioned, this building was divided horizontally and vertically into three sections according to the classicist tradition. A strikingly broad arched window, similar to those used by the Richardson School in America, was placed at ground level in the conspicuous middle section with its Ionic columns’.〔Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Heritage Assessment Surveying Form, Dr JJ Bruwer, Aug/Sept 2002. 121〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natal Bank Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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