Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 02:00
Inventory Reference
9/2/256/0007-001
Formal Gradings
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Commandant-General of Rustenburg and Potchefstroom (1853-1857), State President of the South African Republic (1857-1860 and 1964-1871), State President of the Republic of the Orange Free State (1860-1863) and member of the Triumvirate during the First War of Independence (1880-1881) had this house built for him in 1868. He lived in it for the greater part of his life and did not sell it until 1894.

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