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Location:  Protea + Klipfontein Rd, Athlone, Cape Town Architects: Revel Fox with Lindsay Falck Date completed: 1969 Style: Brutalism Status: Extant Source: M&G, 2022 (Ryan Enslin) Contextual timeline Map Notes The Eoan Group was founded in 1933 by Helen Southern-Holt, an English businesswoman involved in social work, who had emigrated to South Africa in 1930, as a cultural and welfare society in Cape Town's District Six.  It was initially founded  as an aftercare facility for young children, then moved towards  community upliftment through education, arts, and social activities for the coloured community. In 1935, she was joined by her daughter, Dr A. Maisie (Maisy)  Southern-Holt , a trained ballet dancer, who started dancing classes. Helen Southern-Holt (1893 - 1972 Canada) (Unidentified photographer) The late 1950s and early 1960s were the apex of the Eoan Group activities. The group initially rehearsed and operated from venues like the ...