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Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk
Lindley, Free State

Wynand Hendrik LOUW: Design Architect
LOUW and LOUW: Architect

Date:1928
Type:Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
27°52'50.61" S 27°55'10.88" E Alt: 1514m

The first church (1876) was raised to the ground in May 1900 during the second Anglo-Boer War. The present church was built on the ruined foundations. On the church grounds a small replica of the first church was built as a memorial to the fallen Boers from the district.


References:

Hoevers, Jan. 2005. Van Kerke en Dorpe. Historiese vertellinge oor die oudste kerke en dorpe in Suid-Afrika. Centurion: Publiself Uitgewers. pg 65
Kesting, DP. 1978. Afrikaans Protestantse kerkbou : erfenis en uitdaging. Port Elizabeth: Unpublished PhD. pg 797