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Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk
Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng

GEERS and GEERS: Architect

Date:1939
Type:Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
26°10'31.01" S 28°00'16.46" E Alt: 1713m

Inaugurated 1941.

Transcription of foundation stone:

NED. HERV OF GEREF. KERK
MELVILLE
HIERDIE HOEKSTEEN
IS GELE
TOT DIE EER VAN GOD
OP 20E JAN. 1940 DEUR
DS. S. W. VAN NIEKERK
IN WIE JULLE OOK SAAM OPGEBOU WORD
TOT 'N WONING VAN GOD IN DIE GEES
EFESE 2:22
ARGITEKTE
GEERS & GEERS
BOUERS
H. F. OTTO & KIE

Transcription of commemorative stone recording the names of all the supporters and organisations who raised the funds for the building of the church:

NED. HERV OF GEREF. KERK
MELVILLE
HARTLIK DANK
AAN DIE VOLGENDE LIGGAME EN ALLE
ONDERSTEUNERS VIR DIE INSAMELING
VAN DIE KERKBOUFONDS.
KERKKOOR
KINDERKRANS
SONDAGSKOOL
STREWERSVERENIGING
2 KOR. 97. GOD HET 'N BLYMOEDIGE GEWER LIEF
HIERDIE STEEN IS GESKENK DEUR DIE KERKKOOR
OP 9 MEI 1940

Submitted by William MARTINSON, February 2016

See also the Hall.

(SAB Sep 1940:27 ill)

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