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Date: 1849 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°02'48.68" S 22°59'52.46" E Alt: 28m

2019: Now a luxury hotel. Transcript of Knysna Historical Society Plaque: Belvidere House George Rex bought the farm Uitzigt out of the estate of Hendrik Barnard in 1830 and named it Belvidere, which he sold in 1834 to his son-in-law Thomas Henry Duthie for £750. Duthie with his wife Caroline and daughter settled at Belvidere and built a small cottage near here, but this soon became too small for the growing family. The foundations for a larger house were laid in 1848, which was completed a year later. Initially a single storey structure with a roof of thatch, the walls were raised in the 1870's by their son Archibald Hamilton Duthie and the roof was replaced with corrugated iron. The Belvidere Postal Agency operated here from 1844 to 1866 and was known as "Duthies". The house was declared a National Monument in 1995. Now a Provincial Heritage Site See history.