MEERMAN, Christoffel

Architect

Hy was 'n baastimmerman van Dordrecht in Nederland en het van 1712 tot 1720 aan die Kaap vertoef. (He was a Master Carpenter from Dordrecht in the Netherlands and lived at the Cape from 1712 to 1720.)

(G.C. De Wet (red.). 1964. Resolusies van die Politieke Raad V, 1716-1719. Kaapstad: Argiefkommissie, pp. 173, 208. Hy word "baas Meerman" genoem; W.A. De Klerk, Kultuurontplooiing in die Drakenstein, in, J.A.S. Oberholster (red.). 1987. Paarlvallei 1687-1987. Pretoria: RGN, pp. 167-168.)

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.

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Tweede Kerk van Drakenstein: 1720. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect

Books citing MEERMAN

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 255c