Inscriptions: Rhodes House
This inscription over the main entrance to Rhodes House in South Parks Road shows a ship of state, with the British lion on the central sail and the American eagle on the right-hand one. The inscription underneath reads simply:
GOEDE HOOP
[Good Hope, the name of one of the five ships of the Dutchman
Jan Van Riebeeck who founded Cape Town]
Rhodes House was built in memory of Cecil Rhodes. It was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and opened in 1928.
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