The Rissik Street Post Office was built in 1897 during the time of

Paul Kruger Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (; 10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South African Republic, South Africa, and President of the So ...

. Built and designed by President Paul Kruger's architect Sytze Wierda the Post Office was at one time the tallest building in

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. 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.http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/rissik-street-post-office-220416.htm#.V2MaoPmLTIU

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