Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3325CD1
    Site Name
    Alms houses, Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth District
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    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Monday, November 4, 2024 - 12:31
    Archaeology Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    Erf 39 in Bethelsdorp is located on water road
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.882724488086, 25.50001286529
      Eastern Cape
      • Nelson Mandela Bay
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 39
      Church Street
      Bethelsdorp
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      These semi-detached houses were erected in 1822 in the vernacular style to house the poor of Bethelsdorp. They form an essential part of the historical part of Bethelsdorp.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The historic almshouses in Alms Street, Bethelsdorp, situate on Erf 39, Bethelsdorp, being a certain piece of land situate in the Local Board area of Bethelsdorp, in the Division of Port Elizabeth. Being Village Lot 47, now known as Erf 39, Bethelsdorp, and measuring fifty (50) square roods.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6028
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1081
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 13126/1947, dated 14 July 1947.
      Archive Status
      National monument
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