Your guide to Heidelberg Gauteng
#24 Arnoldi Street
Heritage Blue Plaque #Nr 64
24 ARNOLDI STREET
What is the story here?
Arnoldi Street is wider than the normal streets in the area. The main reason is that the street was used as a main street where ox-wagons and carriages used to transport people and goods to the railway station. According to reports and building materials used it is estimated that the house was built around 1905.
HEIDELBERG – On November 4, Tony Burisch of the Heidelberg Heritage Association awarded the latest Blue Plaque for Heritage to 24 Arnoldi Street.
The plaque is no 64 in the series of blue plaques in Heidelberg.
Arnoldi Street is wider than the normal streets in the area. The main reason is that the street was used as a main street where ox-wagons and carriages used to transport people and goods to the railway station.
According to reports and building materials used it is estimated that the house was built around 1905.
Mr FC Köhler was the owner of the property in 1964. His daughter Cayla Kohler inherited the house after her father’s death. Cayla never got married and was known as Auntie Ettie to her nieces and nephews.
Auntie Ettie was well known in the area for her beautiful garden. She died around 2000.
Further history on Arnoldi Street is that the street was wider than other streets in the area at the time.
The sponsor of the blue plaque is Karen Whittal.
Article in the 9th November 2022 article of the Heidelberg/Nigel Herald written by Eugene Viljoen.
