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Date: 1896 Type: Church Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°13'48.98" S 20°34'57.97" E Alt: 897m

Built at the turn of the century, the Pink Church was originally the school and concert hall of the town. It continued to function as a school into the 1960s when the new community school was built. (Matjiesfontein website, accessed 2020 03 17) Fransen (2004:547) does not mention that the building was previously a school and the design of the building leads one to believe that it was built as a church. 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 547