Donkin Heritage Trail
Sites include groups of double-storey semi-detached houses with prominent Victorian and Georgian features.
The Donkin Street complex forms a notable row of terrace houses, and is one of the city's most prominent landmarks.
It commemorates the Portuguese explorers who discovered South Africa as well as the story of a far older mythical figure named Prester John.
The first proposal for a memorial tower to commemorate the landing of the British Settlers of 1820, was made in 1904 by the Reverend Alfred E Hall, a minister of the Queen Street Baptist Church.
On 9 April 1921, the foundation stone of the Campanile was laid by H R H Prince Arthur of Connaught, governor of the Union of South Africa.
The Campanile in Port Elizabeth is 170 feet high from ground level to the tip of the pyramid roof.
The frieze of the reception area is artistically inscribed with brief details of the events connected with the erection of the Campanile.
The tower was erected at a final cost of £5 940, but there was neither clock nor bells for the proposed carillon, so that fund-raising was started for that purpose.
The bells were hoisted into position in the belfry during July 1936 and the first recital on the carillon was given on 9 September by Lionel Field, Mus Bac, ARCM.
Details are embossed on each of the 23 bells which are engraved on a brass plaque affixed to a wall in the reception area of the Campanile.
The Campanile is partially overshadowed by the Settler's Freeway, however, it remains a focal point of the city's built environment.
The original building was designed by James Bisset, Resident Engineer, Harbour and Public Works.
[7] The Old Post Office is situated at the top of Flemming Street an lies directly behind the City Hall.
[11] Prince Alfred's Guard Drill Hall is located on the corners of Castle Hill, Prospect and Daly Streets in the center of Port Elizabeth.
[14] The fort was built at the mouth of the Baakens River in 1799 in order to defend against any invasion of French troops during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Park incorporates the internationally renowned Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, the founding cricket club in South Africa as well as the oldest bowling green in South Africa (named "Founders Green"), the St. George's Park Swimming Pool, Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial as well as the 1882 Victorian Pearson Conservatory, which was built for the cultivation of exotic plants, water lilies and orchids.
Trinder was a family name of the merchants Joseph and William Smith who owned property nearby.
It accommodated numerous famous Port Elizabeth citizens, including its Harbour Master, the Civil Commissioner and James Somers Kirkwood, after whom the village was named.
Later, the Holy Rosary Convent, Marist Brothers College and Priory High then merged to form Trinity High School in 1983 [20] The Mannville Open Air Theatre which is located on the South-Western side of St George's Park, Park Drive, Central.
[21] Pearson Conservatory, a glass framed Victorian observatory, was constructed in 1882 and is located within Port Elizabeth's St Georges Park.
In 1929 Herman Sammel converted it into the very modem Park Hotel by adding a large bedroom wing thereafter, a ballroom was also built.
The bronze statue showing a soldier kneeling at the head of a tired and thirsty horse was designed by British sculptor Joseph Whitehead, and cast in Surrey, England.
A clock tower was added to the building in 1875. the high school was moved to new premises due to space constraints.
[26] The Port Elizabeth Opera House and Barn Theatre are located halfway down Whites Road, Central.
