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Old Dutch Reformed Mission Church, Van der Stel Street, Tulbagh

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22/06/2012

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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: Tulbagh Mission Society was founded as early as 1797, though a missionary only arrived in 1811. He was Rev Arie Vos, who was attached to the London Missionary Society. He was later joined by the Rhenish missionary Gustav Zahn. In 1842 the mission was taken over by the Rhenish Mission Society. The modest chapel built in 1814 was replaced in 1844, on a piece of land donated by W. Vos.

The foundation stone of this Mission Church in the Neo-Gothic style was laid in July 1844 and the church was consecrated on 2 April 1845. The fund-raising for and erection of the building was under the supervision of the Rev. G. Zahn. A bell tower was added after 1890.
Visual Description: It is a fairly large, rectangular building, originally with a thatch roof. It has Gothic Revival details: buttresses, slender pointed windows, etc. The bell-tower alongside is a later structure; though it was made to match the church, it is rather crude in design. Under the Group Areas Act the Coloured congregation (now under the DR Mission Church) has vacated its old premises. The church was damaged in 1969, but has been restored.
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Construction Date: 1844,1890
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