Belgravia, Gauteng
# Belgravia, Gauteng

Belgravia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

## History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called $Doornfontein.^{:65}$ The land was purchased by Jeppe & Company and was laid out by J.B. Tucker in September $1889.^{:65}$ The land company's objective was for an exclusive suburb with Sir Julius Jeppe, building his mansion called $Friedenheim.^{:65}$ It was formerly the eastern part of Jeppestown.

