Rustenburg, North West

Founded: 1851

Name means 'a place of rest'.

 


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List of references:

Coetzee, Nicolaas Abraham. 1997. Die geskiedenis van Rustenburg ongeveer van 1840 tot 1940. Pretoria: NA Coetzee. pp
Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pp 217
Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 201-203
Oberholster, JJ. 1972. The historical monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. pp 313-315
Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pp 180-181
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 269-270
Rosenthal, Eric. 1979. Rustenburg romance : the history of a Voortrekker town. Johannesburg: Perskor. pp
Wulfsohn, Lionel. 1987. Rustenburg at war : the story of Rustenburg and its citizens in the first and second Anglo-Boer wars. Rustenburg: L.M. Wulfsohn. pp

List of structures:

Anglican Church - First: 1871.
Bridge over the Hex River: Early 1900s. Olifantshoek,
Gandhi Memorial: 2015.
Gaol: 1893.
Gereformeerde Kerk - First: 1862.
Gereformeerde Kerk - Second: 1887.
Gereformeerde Kerk - Third: 1960.
Government Building: c1903.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church: 1922.
House Heyne: c1920.
House Pieter Kruger: 1890's. Boekenhoutfontein,
Kruger House - Second: 1872. Boekenhoutfontein,
Landdrost Office: c1890.
Locomotive No. 2055: 1926.
Magistrate's Office: n.d..
Masonic Hall - M.O.T.H Hall: 1921.
Municipal Offices: 1932.
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1903.
Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk: c1865.
Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk - Eeufeeskerk: 1950.
Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk - Suid: n.d..
Olen Watermill: pre 1904.
Paul Kruger Memorial Hospital: 1928 : 1931.
Railway Station: 1905-1906.
Road Bridge no. 789 over the Sterkstroom: 1966 : 2003.
Robinson Watermill: n.d..
Safari Hotel: 1960s.
Schoolhouse: c1880. Boekenhoutfontein,
Standard Bank (Standard Bank of SA Arc): n.d..
Synagogue: 1924.
Tobacco warehouse/office: 1927.
Town Hall - First: 1912-1913.
Town Hall - Second: 1932-1933.