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Even as early as 1750 there were several farmers living on farms along this road; one of them was Michael Muller
Type of site: Farmstead. A typical farm house of the eighteenth century. From here two expeditions set out in 1782 and 1790, respectively, in search of survivors of the wrecked ship, the Grosvenor.

The one end has an external masonry staircase to the lof This farm belonged to the De Jager Family, who also owned Palingsgat (Palingsfontein, Palingshuis) which was built in 1809 and rebuilt in 1814 after having been burnt down. One of the five sons of the original owner to Palingsgat built a bigger house on t
Type of site: Farmstead This is one of the two original buildings in Still Bay, and is a very good example of a 19th century farmstead.

Type of site: Farm Kleinfontein, with the H-shaped Cape Dutch house thereon, lies in a basin at the widening of the Duiwenhoks River before it makes a final bend on its course to the Indian Ocean. The unrivalled and exceptional natural beauty together with the historic and

A few old and tall cyp The pass was named in honour of the Commissioner of Riversdale at that time, A.H. Garcia. He himself went to investigate the feasibility of a road through the mountains and in 1872 the Cape Parliament decided that Garcia Pass would be constructed.
Type of site: Toll The old Toll House was rebuilt in 1910 on the foundations of an earlier toll house and is a remnant of a system that played an important part in the history of transportation in South Africa.

The Kapstylhuis, as its name suggests, consists solely of a roof carried on a series of about eight couple Puntjie is a portion of the farm Kleinfontein. In the course of time fishermen and holidaymakers erected tents and later kapstylhuisies here without the consent of successive owners and often to their considerable annoyance. When Mr. Danie Hoffmann, who w
Type of site: Kapstylhuisies These "Kapstylhuise" are examples of a style of construction of primitive houses adopted by the pioneers of the area.

The building was restored in 1965.

The peaceful square with ancient oaks along three sides of it, is old. It pro. Die Tuishuise were built about the middle of the nineteenth century by distinguished residents of Swellendam and are of considerable architectural importance.

The name of Joseph Barry is legendary in the history of the "Auld House" which is a particularly fine old Cape house with interesting associations with the historic Barry family.

The oldest known drawing of the Drostdy complex drawn by Schumacher in 1776, shows the gaol alr Type of site: Gaol.

In the earliest days of the postal service at the Cape, the salary of a postmaster was so small that the appointment was held by someone who also performed some other Type of site: Post Office Previous use: Post office.

Across the main road from the Auld House in Swellendam there is a very interesting historical group – a small square, a row of tuishuise or farmers' town houses and The Cottage. Th. "The Cottage" is a worthy T-shaped old Cape house, probably built in 1832.

Swell Type of site: Residency. The property was granted to Thomas Barry in 1839, who apparently built the house without delay. Later it became the residence of the magistrate and was known as the Residency. It has recently been purchased and restored by Historical Homes Limited.

In 1839 Van Dijk sold the property and several Wainwrights owned the Type of site: School Previous use: School. The land was granted in 1818 to J W van Dyk, a wagonmaker who built the house in about 1825. There was a wagon-builder's workshop in the basement up to 1870. The building was then purchased for a school and Dr D F Malan taught there in 1896. It has been r

A vital co Type of site: Powder Magazine Previous use: Powder magazine. This simple rectangular powder magazine dates from the middle of the nineteenth century and was possibly erected by the well-known firm, Barry and Nephews. The property was owned by Cornelius Human, well known character that owned Human's Garage in town in the mid 20th century up to 1948. Before and during WWII he used it for aircraft fuel storage as he was the appointed supplier of fuel at the air strip which is in the Bontebok Park today. Both his children were born in the house, and I am one of them! – Piet Human. On the day we buried our mother in Swellendam, I visited this property and was surprised to see that the outbuilding is now a national monument – with an upside down mounted commission plaque!

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