This hotel has been through a number of iterations over the years and is no more as it has been converted into offices.
Main picture: The Algoa House prior to its conversion into the Algoa House Hotel
This hotel has been through a number of iterations over the years and is no more as it has been converted into offices.
Main picture: The Algoa House prior to its conversion into the Algoa House Hotel
Port Elizabeth is fortunate in having somebody who prepared a list of its inhabitants at the inception of the town itself. Without a functioning civil authority, nothing is recorded, let alone a population register.
This blog lists Port Elizabeth’s inhabitants in 1822 together with a biographical sketch of some of them.
Main picture: Port Elizabeth in 1823
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