The Old Gaol Building is a historic building built in 1824 in Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, and is the second-oldest building in Grahamstown. After the prison was closed in 1975, the building was renovated in 1984 and served as a backpackers' hostel.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Restoration of Grahamstown's Old Gaol (in 1984)". The Heritage Portal. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Old Gaol Grahamstown". The Heritage Portal. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

33°18′47″S 26°31′22″E / 33.3131°S 26.5229°E / -33.3131; 26.5229


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