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Modimolle (Nylstroom), Limpopo Name means 'place of spirits'. Originally called Nylstroom because the first Voortrekkers thought they had found the source of the Nile.

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List of references: Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pp 170 Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 206 Nel, JJ (Ed) . 1966. Nylstroom 1866 - 1966. Nylstroom: Nylstroomse Stadsraad. pp All Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 260 Silverman, Melinda (Ed). 2004. Nylstroom / Modimolle - Urban change in a small South African town. Johannesburg: School of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand. pp All List of structures: Gereformeerde Kerk: 1929. Hospital: 1950s?. Hospital: 1950s?. Hospital - Ons Toekoms: n.d.. House Mulder: 1960-1961. Konsentrasiekampkerkhof - Concentration Camp Memorial: n.d.. Land Bank: 1950s?. Landbank Official Residence: 1950s?. Magistrate's Court: c1890s. Medical Centre: c. 1955. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1974 : 1992. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1898-1899. Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk: 1921. St Michael's Anglican Church: n.d.. Tobacco warehouse/office: 1927. Youth Camp / Jeugkamp: 1950s?. Bad-se-loop,