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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.

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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