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Karoo Style
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A style term coined to distinguish the C19 and early C20 vernacular of the Karoo, particularly of its platteland towns, where a Church, invariably Nederduits Gereformeerd (Dutch Reformed) dominates the urban landscape, composing streets of single- or double-storeyed dwellings of thick, white-washed walls, flat roofs, often verandahs directly flanking the street creating the idiom of the street-scape. [See also Cape Victorian].
For towns that epitomise this style see, for example:
[For books related to this style search 'Karoo' in the 'Title' search block in the Bibliography section of this website.]
Buildings on this website in Karoo Style style
Corner Shop (now Spar SaveMor): early 1900s. Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape  |
Goetz-Fleischack House - Museum: 1860. Potchefstroom, North West  |
| Hotelier's Residence: Early 1900s. Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape |
| Nieuwoudtville Hotel: Early 1900s. Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape |