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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon GRAAFF, Johannes Jacobus Born: 1754 Died: 1805 Master Craftsman Born in Riedlingen, Germany, Graaff arrived in South Africa in 1775. He had qualified as a house carpenter by 1775, probably before his arrival, and became a master-carpenter after 1779. He worked as a craftsman at the Cape in the eighteenth century. References Lewcock, Ronald. 1963. Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa : a study of the interaction of two cultures, 1795-1837. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pp