Temperance Hall

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The Temperance Movements in South Africa led to the building or fitting up of a large number of venues devoted to issues of temperance, abstinence, emancipation, and so on. These were on occasion also used for performances, often related to their concerns.


Temperance Hall, Long Street Cape Town

Temperance Hall, King William's Town

1886 A meeting was held there by the Phoenix Society on Thursday, .

Mrs Parry's Temperance Rooms, Simonstown

Used by the Independent Order of Good Templars as a meeting place.


Sources

Saul Solomon, 1886. The General Directory and Guide Book to the Cape of Good Hope and Its Dependencies - as well as The Free State, Transvaal and Natal[1]