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Date: c1890s Type: Hotel Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 24°54'32.34" S 30°45'25.97" E Alt: 1296m

Royal Hotel was established by John Mclntyre at the turn of the century and said to have originated as a church in Maputo, where it became too small for the congregation. Its corrugated iron walls were hauled overland to Pilgrim's Rest and re-erected for the hotel. Typical of a prefabricated building. (Picton-Seymour, 1989: 182) Visit the Pilgrim's Rest website. Writings about this entry Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pg 182