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Date: 1908 Type: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church Style: Gothic Revival : Tectonic ZA Wilhelmiens Status: Adaptive re-use   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°28'02.72" S 19°40'13.53" E Alt: 467m

Just outside the present village to the north-east lies what must have been the nucleus-to-be of the new town. There, now in the middle of nowhere, stands a rather magnificent Gothic Revival edifice. When the town eventually grew nearer the railway station, the 'old De Doorns' became redundant. The church was sold. (Fransen 2004:390-1) The building now (2022) houses an agricultural support company. Books that reference Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Murray Church 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 390 ill, 391 Kesting, DP. 1978. Afrikaans Protestantse kerkbou : erfenis en uitdaging. Port Elizabeth: Unpublished PhD. pg 800 Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pg 53