Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.			Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Tulbagh, Western Cape Carl Otto HAGER: Architect

Date: 1878 Type: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church Status: Demolished

This church replaced the first one built in 1743. It was converted into a school, possibly by DE WITT. It stood empty and fell into disrepair and was used as a hospital in the South African War by the British. It was eventually demolished to make way for the Shell garage. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Writings about this entry Hoevers, Jan. 2005. Van Kerke en Dorpe. Historiese vertellinge oor die oudste kerke en dorpe in Suid-Afrika. Centurion: Publiself Uitgewers. pg 130 Krige, Ode. 2015. Carl Otto Hager : argitek tot eer van God, 1813-1898. Hermanus: Hemel & See Boeke. pg 154, 205 Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pg 185 Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838 1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 117