Burgerhuis - Stellenbosch
Aka: Het Burgerhuis Built: 1797 Locality: Cnr Alexander St and Blom Rd, Stellenbosch. East facade. Image source: Archistori Het Burgerhuis is one of the oldest houses in Stellenbosch. Fick came into possession of the land in 1796 and built Het Burgerhuis there as early as the following year. Fick passed away in 1808, as a result of which Van der Riet, the landdrost (magistrate) of Stellenbosch, became the new owner. Under Van der Riet, a major expansion took place to the south, which was also called the Van der Riet House. In 1839, the property was transferred to the Rhenish missionary Lückhoff. Consequently, the building served for a time as a Rhenish parsonage. When the Rhenish parsonage moved away, the building was divided around 1879 and occupied by multiple families. "Round the Braak are old buildings that have escaped all the fires... This gabled Burgerhuis bears the date 1797, and it was occupied by coloured families until it was declared an historic monument fairly rec...