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Title: Church in Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Church with a mural, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17328

Title: Wynberg Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town, 1986
Subject: Wynberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: Founded in 1829, the historical Wynberg Dutch Reformed Church has been the subject of drastic and unusual restoration measures, carried out by Gordon Verhoef and Krause, the well known Cape Town decorating company. The 700 mm thick walls were pushed aside by the roof structure and to remedy this craftsmen cut grooves 25 mm x 30 mm deep in two sets, 300 mm apart, on the inner and outer walls at eaves level. These grooves accommodated 12 mm thick high tensile steel cables anchored in steel plates at the end of the walls. The cables were then stressed hydraulically, secured and cut off flush with the face of the plates. They were then mortar caulked and faced up so that after re-decoration inside and outside one is unable to detect the building is now collared with steel. The history of the church goes back to the time when members of the Dutch Reformed Church living in Constantia and Simonstown, etc., found the distance to Cape Town becoming irksome. After some discussion as to whether a new church should be built in Mowbray or in Wynberg, Wynberg was chosen and application was made to the Government for a grant of land. In August 1831 the foundation stone was laid by Sir John Truter, father and founder of the congregation. Born in the Cape, he studied law and was for many years in the service of the Dutch East India Company. In 1809 he became fiscal and then, in 1812, Chief Justice. In 1820 he was knighted by King George IV, the first Afrikaner to be honoured. The church was finished in 18 months and dedicated in September 1832, but by 1843 the congregation had grown in size and two new wings were added. This enlarged church was in use until 1889 when the congregation had outgrown it again, and a new church was built on the site of the old one. The new church is substantially the same as the old one except for the spire which replaced an ornate lantern. Inside, the arched roof is supported by four grey granite pillars which were a gift from Cecil John Rhodes when the church was rebuilt. All that is left of the original structure is a little side building with a small bell arch which still summons the congregation to morning and evening services.
Identifier: islandora:17272

Title: A church stands tall on a street in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Set against the mountain, a church stands out on a street in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18526

Title: Former New Apostolic Church, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: A night club and takeaways have replaced a New Apostolic church.
Identifier: islandora:17310

Title: Burnt-down church, KTC, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Clergy,
Description: The Rev. Simon Giqa in front of the destroyed methodist church in KTC. He holds some of the affidavits.
Identifier: islandora:17577

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Horse-drawn carriage in front of Groote Kerk, Church Square, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17155

Title: St Thomas's Anglican Church, Camp Ground Road, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The church, recently rethatched, faces Camp Ground Road at Rondebosch. A transept and chancel, added to the stone building in 1903, complete the church as it stands to-day except for a vestry added later.
Identifier: islandora:17305

Title: St. Timothy's Church in Kensington, Cape Town, 1974
Subject: Kensington (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St. Timothy's Church, Kensington, Cape Town, 1974.
Identifier: islandora:17334

Title: Church of Christ, Scientist, Cape Town, 1979
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: On Monday it will be 100 years since the founding of the Church of Christ, Scientist. This church in Orange Street, Cape Town, was built in 1920.
Identifier: islandora:17295

Title: St. John's Anglican Church, Cape Town, 1964
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition
Description: Church reprieved: Along with towering shops and offices, the threat of demolition has cast its shadow over this old and beautiful church situated at the corner of Long Street and Waterkant Street. But because of its strategic position in the heart of the city, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. Robert Selby Taylor, has decided that St. John's Church is to stay.
Identifier: islandora:17293

Title: St Stephen's Anglican Church, Pinelands, Cape Town, 1983
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: In 1926, not many years after the first houses were erected in South Africa's first garden city of Pinelands, the little Anglican church of St Stephen's was built. The Governor-General, the Earl of Athlone, laid the foundation stone, with General Smuts present.
Identifier: islandora:17281

Title: Church in Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Cape Town Church
Identifier: islandora:17327

Title: Defy Apartheid church service, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Tutu, Desmond
Description: Archbishop Desmond Tutu leads a 'Defy Apartheid' service with anti-apartheid UDF (United Democratic Front) leaders at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, 19 August 1989.
Identifier: islandora:5357

Title: Observatory Congregational Church, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The Observatory Congregational Church building cost R2,000 when it was up in 1894 in one of the green fields near the Royal Observatory. Today it is completely surrounded by houses and shops. Recently the old church hall, built in 1911, was replaced and the stage was transformed into a children's chapel, [part of which is seen above right. The oak pulpit on the immediate right was installed in 1944 and matches the pews, which come from the Caledon Square Church.]
Identifier: islandora:17289

Title: St. Stephen's Church, Cape Town, 1949
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Demolition threat to St. Stephen's Church, Cape Town, 1949
Identifier: islandora:17152

Title: Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Wittebome, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Wynberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Situated immediately below the Wittebome station, the red-roofed, white-walled church of Corpus Christi serves a large congregation. It stands in a block with the presbytery, a school and a convent, and is one of four churches in the Wynberg parish.
Identifier: islandora:17300

Title: St. James's Church, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Saint James (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St. James's Church, which gave its name to the suburb, faces the main road at St. James. It was built from stone quarried near by. Beyond the church is a new presbytery which is still being built of faced stone to match the walls of the church. The entrance porch was added in 1947.
Identifier: islandora:17304

Title: Church Square, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Colonialism, Horse-drawn vehicles, Roads
Description: Church Square, when stepping off the kerb wasn't likely to be fatal. No. 929 Church Square, CapeTown, by J. B. R. Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17483

Title: Arderne Congregational Church, Claremont, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Where people pray - Congregational Church (Claremont) - The 'Arderne Church', as the Claremont Congregational Church is known to its members, is one with a proud record of fine work among its own people and among those of neighbouring non-European churches. Its architecture is a mixture of Elizabethan and Gothic styles combined with Greek and a Swiss steeple. Its pleasing lines are floodlit every night of the year.
Identifier: islandora:17284

Title: Church Square, Cape Town, circa?
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Horse-drawn vehicles, Roads
Description: Church Square, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17484

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