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Bethlehem, Free State Founded: 1860 Named by the trekkers who settled there and thought they had found their promised land.

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List of references: Geldenhuys, Albert Barend . 2023. The Life and Work of Architect Wynand H Louw (1883-1967) with a Focus on the Design of Ecclesiastical Buildings. Bloemfontein: Unpublished MArch, University of the Free State. pp x, 3, 38, 54, 139, 170-173, 180, 194 Harris, CT; Noëth, JG; Sarkady, NG; Schutte, FM & Van Tonder, JM. 2010. Van seringboom tot kerkgebou : die argitektoniese erfenis van die Gereformeerde Kerke. Krugersdorp: Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika. pp 19, 223 Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 168 Nienaber, PJ & Le Roux, CJP . 1983. Monumente en gedenktekens van die Oranje-Vrystaat. Roodepoort: CUM-Boeke. pp 1 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 167-169 List of structures: Anglican church and rectory: n.d.. Commercial High School and Hostels: 1950s. Commercial High School Hostels: 1950s?. Commercial High School Hostels: 1950s?. Creamery: pre-1932. Garage building for JT Strapp & Son: 1934. Girls' School Hostel: 1982. Goble Park Great War Memorial Gateway: c1920. House MJ van der Merwe: 1928. James Strapp and Son: n.d.. Jongeliede Saal: n.d.. Land Bank: 1950s?. Land Bank: n.d.. Loch Athlone Dam: n.d.. Pretoriuskloof Nature Reserve, Maseroey Gebou: n.d.. National Bank: n.d.. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1910. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1882. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Bethlehem-Wes: 1930. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Eureka: n.d.. Railway Station: n.d.. Secondary School: pre-1933. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church: 1913. St Augustine's Anglican Church: 1928. Town Hall and Offices: 1930. Town Hall, won first prize, built?: 1925. Volkskas Bank - now ABSA: c1949. Volkskasgebou /Volkskas Building: 1950s?.