Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.			Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Reitz, Free State Wynand Hendrik LOUW: Architect

Date: 1911-1914 Type: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 27°48'16.85" S 28°25'47.80" E Alt: 1643m

At some stage the tower was built higher, as can be seen from the two photographs, probably also by Wynand Hendrik LOUW. The heightening of the tower was possibly to accommodate the workings of the new clock. 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 107 Kesting, DP. 1978. Afrikaans Protestantse kerkbou : erfenis en uitdaging. Port Elizabeth: Unpublished PhD. pg 806 Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pg 177 Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2010. 101 Country Churches of South Africa. South Africa: Booktown Richmond Press. pg 32