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Magistrate's Court - Vergenoegd Paarl, Western Cape

Date: 1790 Type: Magistrate's Court Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°44'31.37" S 18°57'43.66" E Alt: 128m

This was used as Paarl's first Magistrate's Court. It was also used as a jail and a school room. Declared a National Monument in 1966, it is now a Provincial Heritage Site. References: Simons, Phillida Brooke . 1987. Kaaps-Hollandse Huise . Cape Town: Struik. pg 165 Trotter, Alys Fane. 1900. Old colonial houses of the Cape of Good Hope : illustrated and described. London: B. T. Batsford. pg 16, Plate XXIX