Dutch Reformed Church, Calvinia

The Dutch Reformed Church in Calvinia is a church building of the Dutch Reformed Church in Calvinia, South Africahttps://web.archive.org/web/20151011170843/http://home.intekom.com/oli4s/Stadshuis.htm Die verhaal van die ou Stadshuis built in 1899 and declared a National Memorial in 1982. Besonderhede oor die kerkgebou op die webtuiste Artefacts.co.za The neo-Gothic building in the village named after Calvin is on the corner of Malan and De Villiers streets. Die kerkgebou, soos te sien op Google Maps

The community's first church was built in 1849. Two years later, a parsonage was built for the first pastor, Rev. Hofmeyr, who served for 99 years.

Ministers Prof. N.J. Hofmeyr, 1851–1858 Johannes Christoffel Truter, 1889–1896 Marthinus Smuts Daneel, 1898–1906 Murray Jooste, 1908–1932 Cornelis Muller, 1932–1950 (accepts his emeritus) Pieter Jacobus Conradie, 1940–1941 (assistant preacher) Jacobus Claassen, 1945–1946 Willem Carel van der Merwe, 1947–1950 Albertus Wynand Christoffel Bester, 1971–1974 Roy Cecil Thorne, 2007–6 December 2015 Maryke van Niekerk, 2016–present Edward Archer, 2016–September 2017 (from 2005 to incorporation in 2016 Calvinia-Hantam; resigned)

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