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Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk
Reitz, Free State

Wynand Hendrik LOUW: Architect

Date:1911-1914
Type:Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church
Status:Extant

 


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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 by comparing the early photograph with the more recent ones, probably also by Wynand Hendrik LOUW. The heightening of the tower was possibly to accommodate the workings of the new clock.


Books that reference Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk

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 Port Elizabeth: Unpublished PhD.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
Menache, Philippe & Wolff, Helmut . 2021. die NG Kerk, ons erfenis : 'n fotoversameling van die argitektoniese skatte van 139 NG kerke in SA. Not identified: Not identified. pg 92