The suburb was laid out in the late 1940s on land which previously belonged to the Meyer Farm. The first houses constructed were on South Rand Road, the first being owned by local pharmacist, Mr Levy. By 1950 roads had been laid out, many of their names reflecting the local history: Johan Meyer Street after the original owner of the farm, Risi Avenue after the developers Risi Investment. Development was slow during the late 1940s and by 1950 there were only 5 houses built. A construction company Phoenix Construction offered unique "off-plan" house for a price of some £SA3 000. A first batch of 3 homes built by Phoenix Construction were built in Risi Avenue – stands 240, 241, 242, which were ready for occupation by Christmas 1951. The rest of homes in that road were completed during 1951–1955. The roads remained unmade for many years owing to the bankruptcy of the construction company. They left behind half-dug storm water drains and a Fowler Steam Roller, which when occasionally fired up, provided great entertainment for the local children.
linmeyer, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Linmeyer news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Linmeyer is a suburb located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality South Africa and overlooks the Klipriversburg mountains to the south LinmeyerLinmeyerShow map of GautengLinmeyerShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 26 15 43 S 28 04 12 E 26 262 S 28 070 E 26 262 28 070CountrySouth AfricaProvinceGautengMunicipalityCity of JohannesburgMain PlaceJohannesburgEstablished1947Area 1 Total1 21 km2 0 47 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total2 912 Density2 400 km2 6 200 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African23 1 Coloured6 2 Indian Asian5 7 White62 9 Other2 1 First languages 2011 1 English64 4 Afrikaans11 9 Zulu5 0 Xhosa2 3 Other16 4 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 2190PO box2105History editThe suburb was laid out in the late 1940s on land which previously belonged to the Meyer Farm The first houses constructed were on South Rand Road the first being owned by local pharmacist Mr Levy By 1950 roads had been laid out many of their names reflecting the local history Johan Meyer Street after the original owner of the farm Risi Avenue after the developers Risi Investment Development was slow during the late 1940s and by 1950 there were only 5 houses built A construction company Phoenix Construction offered unique off plan house for a price of some SA3 000 A first batch of 3 homes built by Phoenix Construction were built in Risi Avenue stands 240 241 242 which were ready for occupation by Christmas 1951 The rest of homes in that road were completed during 1951 1955 The roads remained unmade for many years owing to the bankruptcy of the construction company They left behind half dug storm water drains and a Fowler Steam Roller which when occasionally fired up provided great entertainment for the local children References edit a b c d Sub Place Linmeyer Census 2011 nbsp This Johannesburg related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Linmeyer amp oldid 1133774740, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
