Rissik Street Post Office

Rissik Street Post Office
Rissik Street Post Office
	The Rissik str post office while still operational in 1988
General information
Status	Under reconstruction
Location	Johannesburg, South Africa
Coordinates	26°12′16″S 28°02′32″E / 26.20431°S 28.04225°E
Completed	1897
Technical details
Floor count	4

The Rissik Street Post Office was built in 1897 during the time of Paul Kruger. Built and designed by President Paul Kruger's architect Sytze Wierda the Post Office was at one time the tallest building in Johannesburg, with a height of 102 metres (334.64 ft).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Post Office became a national monument in 1978, and it remained in operation until 1996 when the South African Post Office vacated the building. The monument was gutted by a fire in 2009. The reconstruction with an estimated cost of R147-million began in 2016.^[4]

References

^ "Rissik Street Post Office". City of Johannesburg. 2002. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ "Phase one of the post office rebirth almost done". City Press. 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ "Rissik Street Post Office restored to its former glory". City of Johannesburg. 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Courier Market". Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

External links

Site by Rissik Street Post Office, at SAHRA

Records
Preceded by Unknown	Tallest building in Johannesburg 102 m (334.64 ft) 1897 – 1965	Succeeded by Schlesinger Building
New title	Tallest building in South Africa 102 m (334.64 ft) 1910 – 1965	Succeeded by Schlesinger Building
Preceded by Unknown	Tallest building in Africa 102 m (334.64 ft) 1897 – 1965	Succeeded by Cocoa House