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Date: 1853 Type: Homestead Status: Adaptive re-use   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°47'22.12" S 20°07'06.47" E Alt: 219m

This is part of the Montagu Museum along with the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Zending Kerk. Transcription of National Monuments Council plaque: JOUBERT-HUIS HIERDIE KAAPS-HOLLANDSE HUIS IS IN 1853 DEUR PIETER GIDEON JOUBERT GEBOU. IN 1880 IS 'N GROOT FEESMAAL HIER AANGEBIED VIR PRES. PAUL KRUGER, GENL. PIET JOUBERT EN ANDER LEDE VAN DIE DERDE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDSDEPUTASIE. DIE HUIS IS DEUR DIE MONTAGU - MUSEUM GERESTOUREER EN OP 14 OKTOBER 1983 DEUR DIE STAATSPRESIDENT, MNR MARAIS VILJOEN D.V.D., GEOPEN. Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede Verklaar 1975 JOUBERT HOUSE THIS CAPE DUTCH HOUSE WAS ERECTED BY PIETER GIDEON JOUBERT IN 1853. A BANQUET WAS HELD HERE IN 1880 IN HONOUR OF PRES. PAUL KRUGER, GEN. PIET JOUBERT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE THIRD INDEPENDENCE DEPUTATION. THE BUILDING WAS RESTORED BY THE MONTAGU MUSEUM AND OPENED BY THE STATE PRESIDENT MR MARAIS VILJOEN D.M.S. ON 14 OCTOBER 1983. National Monuments Council Declared 1975 Books that reference Joubert House - Now Museum Fransen, Hans. 1978. Guide to the Museums of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Galvin & Sales (Pty) Ltd, for the Southern African Museums Association. pg 73