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atmosphere is reminiscent of when KWT was the capital of the Province of Queen Adelaide
- many historical buildings include:
- the Town Hall (Market Square)
- the old Public Library (built in 1877)
- the old Post Office and Magistrate's Court (Alexandra Road)
- the Residency (occupied by Sir Harry Smith when he proclaimed the colony of British
Kaffraria in 1847)
- the South African Missionary Museum (Berkeley Street)
- the charming Grey Hospital (Lonsdale Street)
- Kaffrarian Museum
- Albert Road
- contains over 30 000 specimens of African mammals
- Huberta, the hippo who went wandering between 1928 and 1931, is certainly the best known
of the mammals |