Accra Town Council Collection of Building Permit Folders

A series of Building Permit Folders held by the Accra Town Council. The Accra Council was responsible for issuing building Permits in Accra from ca1894 to ca1953. The collection is divided into three series. The building permits in each series were granted under 3 separate colonial Town Ordinances and Building Regulations, 1892, 1930, and 1944. Custodial history: The material is owned by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly under its previous manifestation from 189 -1953 as the Accra Town Council. Arrangement: The collection is grouped by year into Folders. Each "Year" folder has several Building Permit folders that were submitted or approved in that year. The individual Building Permit Folders are numbered according to Registration number, with dates of Permit approval and building Permit numbers also indicated in accordance with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly's internal classification scheme. Author(s)/Creator(s): The creators/authors are officials of the Accra Town Council, residents of Accra and the Gold Coast (as applicants), Building Design Professionals such as Draftsmen or Draftswomen, Architects, and Engineers.