Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3120BD1
    Site Name
    Dutch Reformed Church, Robinsky Street, Williston
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Architectural features

    Inscription: On buttress below steeple '2 Nov:/1912'

    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -31.340973, 20.916606
      Northern Cape
      • Namakwa
      • Karoo Hoogland
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 82
      Robinsky Street
      Williston
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This neo-Gothic church, the cornerstone of which was laid on 12 November 1912, was erected by the builder Van Der Hoven in the years 1912-1913 from locally procured stone and other material. The church was officially consecrated on 31 August 1913 by the Rev. S H Kühn.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Erf 82, with the historic Dutch Reformed Church building thereon, situate on certain piece of land in the Municipality of Williston, Division of Fraserburg, being "Lot No. D.R. Chruch" and measuring four hundred and eighty-seven (487) square roods, seventy-two (72) square feet.
      Deed of Transfer 6802/1920, dated 15 July 1920.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6124
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1574
      Deeds Number
      T6802/1920, dated 15 July 1920
      Archive Status
      National monument
      5-K-Wil-3.pdf (254.71 KB)
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