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H O W Silverton exists a semi familiar context, only in its peripheries of historic towns and fast byways to the next place, Silverton is usually the blur of shops for everything that we n e v e r s t o p t o b u y.

We s e t t o e x p l o r e i t a s a n e w d e s t i n a t i o n , s o m e w h a t t o u r i s t l i k e a s t h e a r c h i t e c t w h o a l w a y s a r r i v e s w i t h c a m e r a s , p e n s a n d q u e s t i o n s . We c a m e w i t h o u t u n d e r s t a n d i n g , o p e n m i n d s , f e e t a n d e y e s a n d s p o k e l i g h t l y a n d c u r i o u s l y t o t h e c i t i z e n s a n d p a s s e r b y. We depart with our opinions, speculations, images and stories and make them into a new collection of data for the understanding of place.

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W H Y Mapping place is a continuous process, site reveals itself infinitely and therefore time and place related to experience remains an important method of investigation. Even history will find itself retold, but as it sets itself on the pages of books and websites we attempt to acknowledge all the narratives and begin to weave our own so that we can begin o u r c r i t i q u e o n w h a t a r c h i t e c t u r e b e l o n g s t o t h e S i l v e r t o n o f t h e n o w.

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HISTOR-HE | HISTOR.SHE 1846 David Botha settles at the farm called Haartebeespoort

1853 Bought from David by the Vermeulen Family and then the area of Silverton is demarcated on the farm 1858 The Silverton farm, number 308 is laid out 1859 The Silverton farm is declared and the Guilliam house becomes property of the Silverton Municipality 1872 The Northern opart of the farm is sold to Cornelius Moll 1873 Parts of the farm are sold for 105 pounds each to Hendrik Vermeulens’ son Jan Albert and his sons-in-law Guillaume Schoombe Pretorius en Willem Adriaan Fourie 25 September 1874 Pilgrims Rest Gold rush [Hans Mundt capitalises] Buys farm for 1400 pounds + Builds halfway station | Moreletta Spruit believed to have gotten its name from Mundts’ wifes name, Aletta.

1900 Silver is found and farm is sold for 9000 pounds to the Silver Mining Company Thatched home replaced for a Victorian House 1905 the portion of the Derpdepoort farm is laid out. Plot number 469 with a total area of 666 hectars. and the Culllinin Diamond is discovered.

1915 The Silverton tannery is established, 1920 Tannery is extended in relation to the meat boards and in 1929 it is mapped and in 1937 is it further adapted.

1936 Silverton is supplied with electricity 1960 Sawmill and steel foundry established in Koesdoespoort for building passenger coaches 1954 Era bricks is established West of Eersterust 1958 Eersterust is formalized and proclaimed a coloured community and has erven divided 1960 Silverton Population reaches 5000 approx.

1961 Mundt family donates estate to Silverton 1967 The Silverton tannery gets allocated as top one hundred industry in

the JSE 1972 The Municipality donates the Guilliam house is donated by the City of Pretoria to the Cultural- Historic Institution. ???? Charles Marais, the same Charles which Charles Street is named after, laid out and surveyed Silverton.

1975 Cultural History Museum becomes the Pioneer Museum and the Silverton tannery produces 1/3 of South Africa leather demand 1979 Eersterust reaches a population of 17 000 people 1980 The Silverton Seige | 2 Hostages died Valerie Anderson and Anna de Klerk 1983 The tannery closes and becomes an industrial park 1991 the group areas act is abolished, but migrations do not commence

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