Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3125BC1
Site Name
Bulhoek, Steynsburg District
Site Category
Structures ยป Building
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:23
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/086/0003
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
House
Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-31.278533, 25.676615
Eastern Cape
  • Joe Gqabi
  • Walter Sisulu
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 78
Erf/Farm Portion: 11
Steynsburg
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 249265
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

This pioneer house is one of the best existing examples of a typical trekboer house and dates from 1817. Elsie Steyn, President Kruger's mother grew up on this farm.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 219558
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

The pioneer house with an area of five metres around it, situate on the quitrent ground "President Kruger geboorte plek", portion of "Bull Hoek", Division of Steynsburg (now described as Portion 11 "President Kruger Geboorteplek" of the farm Bulhoek 78), measuring 5,048 2 morgen.

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
3792
Gazette Notice Status
Current
Notice Date
Notice Number
284
Deeds Number
Deed of Transfer 5835/1932, dated 20 September 1932.
Archive Status
National monument
3792-284 Bulhoek Steynsburg District.pdf (133.89 KB)
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