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St Saviour's Church, Main Road, Claremont, Cape Town The nucleus of this neo-Gothic church was designed and erected by Sophia Gray in 1850. The bell tower, the two bays for the nave and the north-west porch were added in honour of Bishop Gray and his wife Sophia who died in 1872 and 1871, respectively.
Harfield Village, [1] also known as Lower Claremont, [2] is a neighbourhood in the south of Cape Town. It is located between the suburbs of Kenilworth and Claremont, Cape Town. The Arderne Gardens are located to the area's immediate north on the other side of Harfield Station. Although it is typically regarded as being part of Claremont, parts ...
The municipality of Wynberg was merged into the City of Cape Town following a local referendum on the issue on 11 June 1927. [3]: 541 The merger that was prompted by complaints from community members in outlying areas of the municipality, such as Diep River and Plumstead, that their areas were being neglected and that much needed urban upgrades to roads, sanitation, and the provision of ...
In the late 1800s Claremont urbanised and became a municipality. In 1882, a village management board was formed, and in 1886 it was replaced by the Municipality of Claremont, which managed neighbouring Newlands too. The privately owned Claremont Hall was taken over as a town hall. The first telephone system was installed in the early 1880s.
Claremont is located at the eastern end of Los Angeles County and borders the cities of Upland and Montclair in San Bernardino County, as well as the cities of Pomona and La Verne in Los Angeles County. It is geographically located in the Pomona Valley. [23] Claremont is approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of downtown Los Angeles.
An early twentieth century map showing the former Tongva village called "Indian Hill" (top right). [1] Torojoatngna ("the place below Joat" or "the place below snowy mountain") [2] was a Tongva village located in what is now Claremont, California. The name of the village referred the place below Mount San Antonio as the place of snow. [2]
The Russian Village District comprises 15 folk architecture style houses and was built by Konstanty ("Steve") Stys, a Polish (not Russian) immigrant, and others during the Great Depression. [2] It is located at the intersection of South Mills Avenue and East Cucamonga Avenue in Claremont, California .
Agoston Haraszthy (/ ˈ ɑː ɡ ə s t ən ˈ h ær ə s t i /; [2] Hungarian: Haraszthy Ágoston, Spanish: Agustín Haraszthy; August 30, 1812 – July 6, 1869) was a Hungarian American nobleman, adventurer, traveler, writer, town-builder, and pioneer winemaker in Wisconsin and California, often referred to as the "Father of California Wine", alongside Junípero Serra, as well as the "Father ...