Breakwater Lodge

Breakwater Lodge
Breakwater Lodge
	Breakwater Lodge in 2010. The square turreted building in the centre is the old prison. Taken from Signal Hill
Coordinates	33°54′24″S 18°24′58″E / 33.90667°S 18.41611°E
Built	1901
	Location of Breakwater Lodge in Cape Town

The Breakwater Lodge in the

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa was built as a prison in 1859. It is now part of the University of Cape Town

and a hotel.

The original prison was built in 1859 for convicts from Britain at the suggestion of

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront to be built. The remains of a treadmill on which prisoners were punished can still be seen.^[1]

During the later part of the 19th century other prisoners were accommodated at Breakwater prison and it was the first site to racially segregate black and white convicts.[2]

In 1902 white prisoners were moved into a new building, called the Industrial Breakwater Prison, which remains today. The design with four

Pentonville prisons in England. After ten years as a prison it became a juvenile offenders institution and from 1926 until 1989 a hostel for black dock workers.^[2]

Since 1991 it has served as the business school of University of Cape Town and hotel run by the Protea chain.^[3]

References

^ "Cape Town - V & A Waterfront, Buildings of Historical Significance". Cape Town Accommodation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b "A brief history of Breakwater Lodge". Protea Hotels. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
^ "Protea Breakwater Lodge". University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 22 September 2010.