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Date: 1900 - 1903 Type: Offices Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'34.35" S 18°25'00.26" E Alt: 31m

Transcription of the English section of the National Monuments Council plaque: IN 1886 THE SYNOD OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH DECIDED TO ERECT A BUILDING IN MEMORY OF THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS WHO CAME TO THE CAPE IN 1688-1689. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO SERVE AS SYNOD HALL, COMMITTEE ROOMS AND CHURCH OFFICES. IN 1897 THIS SITE WAS PURCHASED FOR THE PURPOSE. HOWEVER, THE CORNER-STONE WAS LAID ONLY ON 24 AUGUST 1899 BY SIR HENRY DE VILLIERS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CAPE COLONY. THE BUILDING WAS INAUGURATED ON 15 OCTOBER 1903. THE MORTAL REMAINS OF STATE PRESIDENT PAUL KRUGER LAY IN STATE HERE FROM 1 TO 6 DECEMBER 1904 AFTER HAVING BEEN RETURNED FROM THE NETHERLANDS. National Monuments Council 1981 In 1978 it was the Department of Social Welfare and Pensions. (Rennie 1978:264) (Sladdin FRIBA nom papers 1905) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference Huguenot Memorial Building Cole, DI. 2002. The building stones of Cape Town : a geological walking tour. Cape Town: Council for Geoscience. pg 45 Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 107 Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 264-265 item 76.22