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Date: c1815 Type: Museum Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 32°42'54.36" S 25°35'08.12" E Alt: 744m

Originally an Officers' Mess, then the Battiss Private Hotel, and many years later was donated by Dr J C Vosloo and Ben Erasmus for the purposes of accommodating the Walter Battiss Art Museum. Transcription of the National Monuments Council bronze plaque mounted on the facade: OLD OFFICERS' MESS THIS GEORGIAN BUILDING WAS ERECTED CA. 1815 BY LORD CHARLES SOMERSET FOR OFFICERS AND MEN STATIONED ON THE EASTERN FRONTIER. THE VICTORIAN VERANDAH WAS ADDED LATER. Proclaimed 1981 Geproklameer OU OFFISIERSMENASIE HIERDIE GEORGIAANSE GEBOU IS CA. 1815 DEUR LORD CHARLES SOMERSET OPGERIG AS MENASIE VIR OFFISIERE EN MANSKAPPE WAT AAN DIE OOS- GRENS GESTASIONEER WAS. DIE VICTORIAANSE VERANDA IS LATER AANGEBRING. National Monuments Council . Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede (Submitted by William MARTINSON)