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Lexicon Nederduitse Gereformeerde KerkDurbanville , Western Cape
Charles AS FREEMAN : Architect
Date :1826 : 1890-1891 Type :Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Church Status :Extant
Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°50'11.95" S 18°38'47.67" E Alt: 182m
See more photographs The first church was begun in 1825, it was a simple, thatched, T-shaped building. Its present appearance dates from 1890-1891 and is the work of Charles FREEMAN. (Fransen, 2004:314)
References:
Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage . Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 314 Hoevers, Jan. 2005. Van Kerke en Dorpe. Historiese vertellinge oor die oudste kerke en dorpe in Suid-Afrika . Centurion: Publiself Uitgewers. pg 30 Hoevers, Jan. 2012. Geskiedkundige kerke : 'n Gids tot 50 tradisionele kerke . Pretoria: Kontak-uitgewers. pg 37-38 Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren . Capetown: Cape Times. pg 55 Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2015. Church tourism in South Africa : a travel odyssey . South Africa: Self-published by Philippe Menache and Darryl Earl David. pg 123