Brown plaque № 6378

Knysna, South Africa

Circa 1910. 4 Gardiner's Kloof. Erf 290, on which this home was built, was originally classified as commonage and subsequently held in trust from 1893 by the Knysna Municipality, before being sold to Charles Wilhelm Thesen in 1904. This small semi-detached cottage was built here later. Frank Gardine

r, an employee at the Thesen’s Sawmill, and his wife Sarah (nee van Rooyen), rented half of the building soon after their marriage in 1924. In 1945 this property was offered for sale out of the estate

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