The Victorian/Edwardian styled mansion named “Eikenlaan (Oak Avenue)” was designed by JB Nicholson in 1904 for James Goch and completed in 1905.
James Goch moved to Johannesburg in 1888 and was the first photographer in Southern Africa to use the flash (magnesium flare), but made his fortune from speculating in land. By 1930 the mansion was sold for £4500 and the ‘Ennsimore Residential Hotel’ was established.
