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De Posthuys is claimed to be one of the first buildings erected in the country. It was presumably built as a three-roomed signal station by the VOC in 1673 - a year before the Castle in Cape Town was occupied.
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Location
Location
- City of Cape Town
180 Main Road
Muizenberg
Cape Town
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archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
This building was originally erected in February 1673 by the Dutch East India Company as a military observation post. It was later also used as a civilian dwelling-house and was owned by Sir J. B. Robinson from 1915 to 1929.
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Declaration
The property with the historic building known as De Post Huys thereon, namely: 1. Certain piece of land situate in the City of Cape Town, Cape Division, being Erf 86985, Cape Town, at Muizenberg, and measuring sixty-nine (69) square roods, one hundred
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