VOORMANN, Johann Heinrich

Architect

Born in Dresden, Germany, Voorman came to the Cape where he became a Government Land Surveyor, active from around 1811 to 1825 during which time he designed a couple of churches and several official buildings in and around Caledon as well as the Drostdy at George.

(Kesting 1978; Lewcock 1963)

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

List of projects

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Deputy Landdrost’s House: 1811. Caledon, Western Cape - Architect

Drostdy - Museum: 1813. George, Western Cape - Architect

Drostdy alterations, Secretary's house and store: 1811. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Messenger's House: 1811. Caledon, Western Cape - Architect

Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1813. Caledon, Western Cape - Architect

Parson's House: 1811. Caledon, Western Cape - Architect

Prison: 1811. Caledon, Western Cape - Architect

Books citing VOORMANN

Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp 428