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Date: 1932 : 1996 Type: Hotel Style: Art Deco Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°47'11.51" S 20°07'17.25" E Alt: 227m

2024: Now called Montagu Country Hotel. The first hotel building was built at its current address of 27 Bath Street in 1875 by Christiaan Schlacht, of German descent. It features Victorian accents like ornamental wrought-iron broekie-lace. The current Art Deco hotel was erected right behind the Victorian original around 1932. On completion, the original structure was demolished. There are cashed cheques of New Hotel Montagu dated 23 and 26 July 1941 issued by Standard Bank displayed in the hotel foyer. Well-known South African hotelier and tourism pioneer Gert Lubbe bought the current hotel on a liquidation sale in 1996. He had the vision to restore the interior of the original Art deco Hotel in South Africa to its former glory, and changed the name from Montagu Country Inn to Montagu Country Hotel. (Montagu Country Hotel website, accessed 04 2024)