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Centacow Trappist Mission Church - First Creighton district, KwaZulu-Natal Nivard (Brother) STREICHER: Architect

Date: 1890 Client: Trappist Monks Type: Mission Station Style: Neo-Romanesque Status: Defunct   Click to view large map Coordinates: 30°00'53.82" S 29°43'29.96" E Alt: 1016m

Also referred to as Centocow. The name of the mission is a transliteration of the Polish city of Czestochowa. Huge brick hall-type church on high rough-hewn dolerite (?) ashlar plinth under a simple corrugated iron roof with square central facade tower and entrance hall. A new church was built in 1913. References: Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2015. Church tourism in South Africa : a travel odyssey. South Africa: Self-published by Philippe Menache and Darryl Earl David. pg 68