Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2627CA20
    Site Name
    Heimat, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, Potchefstroom
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
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    Archive Import

    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -26.687307, 27.091455
      North West
      • Dr Kenneth Kaunda
      • JB Marks
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Potchefstroom
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Both these buildings represent important milestones in the history of the development of the Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys. The neo-Cape Dutch building known as Heimat, designed by Gerard Moerdijk and completed as a students’ hostel in 1927, was the first permanent building to be erected on the university campus. The Main Building, designed by the firm Louw & Louw and inaugurated in 1931, was the first and most important permanent academic building on the campus.

      Declaration
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      Declaration Description

      The Main Building and the building known as Heimat both situated on Portion 425 of the farm Dorp en Dorpsgronde van Potchefstroom 435 IQ, Transvaal, and in extent 33,4296 (thirty-three comma four two nine six) hectares.
      Certificate of Consolidated Title T26254/1976, dated 9 July 1976.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      9218
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      936
      Archive Status
      National monument
      9-2-256-33.pdf (326.6 KB)
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