Houghton Estate
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 28 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| metropolis | City of Johannesburg | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| height | 1661 m | ||
| surface | 6.9 km² | ||
| Residents | 7867 (2011) | ||
| density | 1,133.6 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | around 1900 | ||
Houghton Estate , or Houghton for short , is a district of the metropolitan municipality of City of Johannesburg in South Africa . It belongs partly to urban region F, the inner city of Johannesburg , and partly to urban region E.
geography
Houghton Estate is located immediately northeast of Johannesburg City. In 2011, 7,867 people lived there on an area of 6.94 km².
Upper Houghton is to the south and southeast of the area on the ridge of the Witwatersrand . It is designated as a National Heritage Area (roughly: "Area of National Heritage") and is largely part of the urban region F.
Lower Houghton lies north of it on flatter terrain and, unlike Upper Houghton, has a right-angled road system. It belongs with a small part of Upper Houghton to the urban region E, which also includes the northern Sandton .
history
The district emerged around 1900 as a place of residence for wealthy citizens. It was developed by the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company . The constituency Houghton has long been of Helen Suzman held for a long time the only deputy of the Progressive Party in the House of Assembly was.
In 1992, the future President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela , moved into a house in Lower Houghton. In 1998, after marrying Graça Machel , he moved to a larger apartment building in the same district, where he died in 2013.
Buildings
There are many villas, apartment buildings and office buildings in the district. Some older homes were built in the Art Deco style , including Lauriston Court, built in 1936, and Houghton Heights, built two years later . Also in the 1930s, residential buildings based on the style of the architect Le Corbusier were built, including the Stern House in Lower Houghton from 1935 . In many places, new buildings have replaced traditional houses. The Houghton is a luxury complex with apartments and a hotel.
The synagogue West Street Shul is on West Street. After the end of apartheid , many Muslims settled in Houghton. The Mashid ul Furqaan mosque was built on the site of a Musallā in 2011, and the Houghton Masjid mosque was built on West Street in 2013 .
The King Edward VII School for Boys was built in the founding phase of the district.
Nelson Mandela's house, which he moved into in 1992, is on 13th Avenue, and his future home is on the corner of 4th Street and 12th Avenue. The Nelson Mandela Foundation administration building is west of it on Central Street.
traffic
The Motorway 1 (M1, Jan Smuts Avenue) runs as a north-south connection through Houghton Estate. The M11 (as Louis Botha Avenue), M16, M20, M31 and R25 also run through Houghton Estate or delimit the district.
Others
- There are two golf courses in Houghton Estate and, to the south of the borough, The Wilds Park .
- Houghton Estate is the seat of the African Jewish Congress .
- The private broadcaster Power 98.7 is based on Central Street
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 2011 Houghton Census , accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Jeremy Gordin: Kebble paid out R3m for Madiba's house. iol.co.za, June 4, 2006, accessed March 16, 2020
- ^ House Stern, Lower Houghton, Johannesburg. architecture.com, accessed March 13, 2020
- ↑ The Houghton. (English), accessed on March 13, 2020
- ↑ West Street Shul website , accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Houghton Masjid Mosque website , accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Houghton at sa-venues.com (English), accessed March 12, 2020
- ^ Nelson Mandela Foundation. gov.za, accessed on March 16, 2020
- ↑ Power 98.7 (English), accessed on March 18, 2020