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Date: 1832 Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: 4 Voortrek Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°01'01.06" S 20°26'52.03" E Alt: 148m

A thatched house with T-shaped plan. It was built on land granted in 1832 to Otto Willem Philippus Falk, son of JAH Falk of Utrecht. 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 459 Swellendam Heritage Association. 2018. Treasures of Swellendam. Swellendam: Swellendam Heritage Association. pg 27