Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3418AC42
    Site Name
    Dutch Reformed Church, St Georges Street, Simonstown
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -34.193498, 18.437127
      Western Cape
      • City of Cape Town
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      St Georges Street
      Simonstown
      Cape Town
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The church is closely linked to the history of Simonstown. The music for the national anthem was composed in the adjoining parsonage, in 1921 by the then minister of the congregation, the Reverend M. L. de Villiers.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Certain piece of land, with the historic Dutch Reformed Church building thereon, situate in the Municipality of Simonstown, Division of the Cape, being the remainder of Lot D.R.C. and measuring as such seven thousand four hundred and eighty-nine (7 489)

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      5405
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      207
      Deeds Number
      T14510/1960, dated 15 September 1960
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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