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Title: Holy Trinity Church of the Church of England, Cape Town, 1967
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: The site on which the first Roman Catholic church in South Africa was built, and on which one of the oldest Anglican churches in the country now stands, will be sold at public auction next month. Holy Trinity Church of the Church of England in South Africa was completed in 1846 in Harrington Street, in what is now District Six, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17299

Title: Church of Christ, Scientist, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Churches of the Peninsula: Church of Christ Scientist in Orange Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17333

Title: Catholic church, Belgravia, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Catholics--South Africa,
Description: Father P.J. Pearson leads a congregation outside the Catholic church in Belgravia, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12648

Title: Dutch Reformed Church Centre, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, Historical, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Dutch Reformed Church Centre in Orange Street, Cape Town, which will be officially opened on October 21.
Identifier: islandora:17315

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: N.G Kerk, Three Anchor Bay - The Dutch Reformed Church at the Three Anchor Bay has an impressive tower and entrance porch and a bell tower near the gate.
Identifier: islandora:17306

Title: The Church of the Good Shepherd, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, 1980
Subject: Kirstenbosch (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: The Good Shepherd Church is a hundred years old this year.
Identifier: islandora:17314

Title: St Stephen's Anglican Church, Pinelands, Cape Town, 1954
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St Stephen's Anglican Church, Pinelands, 1954. Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17336

Title: Dutch Reformed Sending Kerk (Mission Church), Long Street, Cape Town, 1966
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Church buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Suid-Afrikaanse Sending Gestig (D.R. Sendingkerk); Dutch Reformed Church in Long Street, Cape Town, 1966
Identifier: islandora:17332

Title: Church of the Visitation, Constantia, Cape Town, 1979
Subject: Constantia (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The Northern facade of the Church of the Visitation, showing Julian Elliott's controversial design.
Identifier: islandora:17316

Title: Old Slave Tree, Church Square, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Slaves, Colonialism, Historical monuments, Architecture
Description: You've read the column: now see the picture. It's that long-vanished Church Square landmark, the old slave tree.
Identifier: islandora:17482

Title: Church Square, Cape Town, circa 1870
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Civil services, Church buildings
Description: Church Square has been much in the news lately with the closing down of the Civil Service Club (second and third building from the left) and its amalgamation with the City Club in Queen Victoria Street in 1976. This picture was taken in 1870, and shows the Gothic facade of the Rev. Dr. John Phillip's church (which later became incorporated in the Civil Service Club) and the pedimented building which began to house members of the club in 1865. Great changes have been made to both buildings since that year and even bigger ones can be expected in the years to come. Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17481

Title: Restoration at Lutheran Church, Strand Street, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Restoration
Description: Workmen are repairing and restoring the historic Lutheran Church in Strand Street, the country's oldest building and one of a number of fine examples of 18th Century architecture in Strand Street. The copper spire, dominated by an orb and crown on the weathervane, is being painted to preserve it from the effects of sea air and pollution. The Rev Charles Ellefson, minister of the church, said it was last painted and repaired in 1970 when storm winds blew off the corrugated iron roof.
Identifier: islandora:17275

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Drawing of the interior of the Groote Kerk, Church Square, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17156

Title: Church Street, Cape Town, circa 1950s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development
Description: Church Street, Cape Town, circa 1950s.
Identifier: islandora:17383

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: St. Peter's Church celebrates 100 years, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Religion, Church buildings, Centennial celebrations, etc., ,
Description: St. Peter's church, Mowbray which celebrated its centenary yesterday. The rector, the Rev. John Carter, can be seen standing at the church gates.
Identifier: islandora:15440

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: 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

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