Object description

The Consolidated Building, or ‘Johnnies’ as it became affectionately known, is situated in the Marshalltown district of Johannesburg, on stands 149,150 and 152 at 84/86 Fox Street and 29/31 Harrison Street. In 1895, before the Consolidated Building was built, these stands were home to the Jewish Social Club and in 1897, Johannesburg Waterworks had its offices there.