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Date: 1813 Type: Homestead Style: Georgian Status: Extant

This is the two room house in which Carl August PACALT, founder of the mission station, lived between 1813 and 1818. The simple building is a rare survivor from this period. It is a charming, well-proportioned Georgian building. It later became known as "Die Patat Huisie" as it was used as a sweet potatoes store by the Rev John Brown Anderson in the early half of the twentieth century. (Gerald Humphrey 2016) 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 486 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 132