Cottage No 2 - Loch Avenue Parktown

Olympic Gold Medallist at London in 1908 and Stockholm in 1912, and an outstanding tennis player, Henry Harry Austin Kitson worked in the Land and Deeds Department of Rand Mines Ltd. He served with the Cape Mounted Rifles in the Anglo Boer War, bought Cottage No 3 in the “Eckstein Compound” and later bought and moved into Cottage No 2 in 1918. The Cottages were designed by H. Baker and Masey to attract white-collar workers in the gold mining industry. The house remained in the family until 1998.

Alternative Name:

Kitson House

Rating:

B - Johannesburg Heritage Foundation

Original Owner:

F H George

Builder:

Unknown

Architect:

Not applicable

Architectural Firm:

Baker & Masey

Location Details

Street Number:

Street Name:

Loch Avenue

Township:

Parktown

Erf Number:

517

518

SG ID:

T0IR0502000000005170000000, T0IR0502000000005180000000

Links and Sources

Source/s:

Parktown Listings supplied by the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (Revised 2016)

Declaration Status:

Not Declared

Blue Plaque:

Yes

Construction Date - Completion:

1903

Circa:

1900-1909