Across the road from the station

is the famous Lord Milner Hotel, a real blast from the past. Built in 1899 by Scotsman James Douglas Logan.

It has such a long and interesting history, that I have included 2 links.

https://inafricaandbeyond.com/matjiesfontein/

https://www.matjiesfontein.com/pages/history/#:~:text=James%20Logan%20built%20the%20double,of%20The%20South%20African%20War.

[Dione Giorgio]

Gorgeous looking building. Fabulous capture. Fav.

[winghong_ho]

So nice to check-in at that hotel during the holiday, but I think it is expensive.

[narayani]

Fancy!

[John Falconer]

Great shot crisp clear image.
And I also looked up Lord Milner in Wikipedia. Very interesting man.

[Lou Ann]

It’s so beautiful. And you caught all of the flags unfurled!

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful building & it does look rather colonial!

[katy]

Oh, Diana. It sounds like such a delightful place, and I would dearly love to visit it and see all those wonderful things spoken about in those links. This is a beautiful photo of the hotel that would be worthy of being in any travel brochure.

[Babs]

What a grand building. Thanks for the links, so interesting

[Mags]

Beautiful building! Nice bit of history.

[Christine Sztukowski]

I love the symmetry of this historical building

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely historical building !

[Susan Wakely]

A very grand looking building.

[Peter Dulis]

Nice

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful looking hotel.

[Milanie]

Reminds me of one I had seen in Bermuda 60 years ago.

[Junan Heath]

Beautiful shot!

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful looking building

[Olwynne]

Beautiful building

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow the atrocities this building will have seen! amazing

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful architecture and capture

[John]

Such extraordinary architecture! What a grand visage of the past!

[Korcsog Károly]

A very beautiful and well-maintained building!

[Judith Johnson]

What a magnificent building, and an interesting history

[Peter]

Wonderful symmetry, tones and capture Diana, Fav:)

[gloria jones]

Great pov to see the architecture and flying flags

[Rob Z]

Great shot - I love the castle like top level!

[Valerie Chesney]

A beautiful historical building.

[Bucktree]

Great capture. The building has nice appeal with a lot of details.

[Bobbi C]

Lovely place!

[Heather]

A great shot to capture this impressive building! I really like the iron work on the balcony. Fav

[Islandgirl]

What a lovely historical building!

[LManning (Laura)]

Quite a grand building!

[Leslie]

Wow they really did a great job maintaining this wonderful hotel

[Jane Pittenger]

Look like the south of US in southern belle days

[Shutterbug]

Magnificent building. Love the info in the links.

[Bill]

Beautiful.

[Rick]

Lovely capture.

[Diana]

@sangwann @wh2021 @narayani @johnfalconer @louannwarren @carole_sandford @grammyn @onewing @marlboromaam @365projectorgchristine @beryl @wakelys @pdulis @mittens @milaniet @paintdipper @bkbinthecity @ollyfran @koalagardens @craftymeg @congaree @kork @busylady @pcoulson @seattlite @robz @happysnaps @dkellogg @bobbic @365projectorgheatherb @radiogirl @ljmanning @lesip @jgpittenger @shutterbug49 @cwbill @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Dorothy]

Such a lovely building and thank you for sharing the information about it.

[Kathy A]

Lovely building

[haskar]

Beautiful architecture and lovely shot.

[Corinne C]

Beautiful capture of this elegant icon!

[Diana]

@illinilass @kjarn @haskar @corinnec Thanks so much :-)

[Merrelyn]

What a glorious old building.