Chancellor House is a building situated at 25 Fox Street, Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, that once housed the law firm of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...

 and Oliver Tambo

Oliver Tambo

Oliver Reginald Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid politician and a central figure in the African National Congress .-Biography:Oliver Tambo was born in Bizana in eastern Pondoland in what is now Eastern Cape...

. It is a national heritage site

National heritage sites (South Africa)

National heritage sites in South Africa are structures or defined areas of land declared to be of historic or cultural importance and granted certain legal protections...

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The building was due to be bought by the Johannesburg Heritage Trust in 2004
and developed into a tourist destination, with R300 000 earmarked for the construction of a visitor center.

As of 2008, however, no purchase had been consummated and the building reportedly continues to fall into ruin.

Full restoration of the building was completed in May, 2011.