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Date: 1900 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°43'34.92" S 18°57'44.01" E Alt: 125m

Built in 1900 for the wealthy wagon-maker Mr Stark, his wife, and their ten children. The property also contains a cottage dating from 1890. Declared a National Monument 1969 it is now a Provincial Heritage Site. Books and articles that reference Eikenhof 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. pg 266