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Huguenot Memorial Building

Cape Town

, Western Cape

MILNE and SLADDIN

: Architect

Thomas Arthur SLADDIN

: Design Architect

Date

:

1900 - 1903

Type

:

Offices

Status

:

Extant

Coordinates:

33°55'34.35" S 18°25'00.26" E Alt: 31m

Transcription of the English section of the National Monuments Council plaque:

IN 1886 THE SYNOD OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH DECIDED

TO ERECT A BUILDING IN MEMORY OF THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS

WHO CAME TO THE CAPE IN 1688-1689. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO SERVE

AS SYNOD HALL, COMMITTEE ROOMS AND CHURCH OFFICES. IN 1897

THIS SITE WAS PURCHASED FOR THE PURPOSE. HOWEVER, THE

CORNER-STONE WAS LAID ONLY ON 24 AUGUST 1899 BY SIR

HENRY DE VILLIERS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CAPE COLONY. THE

BUILDING WAS INAUGURATED ON 15 OCTOBER 1903. THE MORTAL

REMAINS OF STATE PRESIDENT PAUL KRUGER LAY IN STATE

HERE FROM 1 TO 6 DECEMBER 1904 AFTER HAVING BEEN

RETURNED FROM THE NETHERLANDS.

National Monuments Council

1981

In 1978 it was the Department of Social Welfare and Pensions. (Rennie 1978:264)

(Sladdin FRIBA nom papers 1905)