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Brown plaque № 6390

Knysna, South Africa

Brown plaque № 6390

1935/1958. Dutch Reformed Church Halls. The first DR Church hall “Zaal” in Knysna was of corrugated iron construction and stood in the Main Street where the “ou Fabriek” stands today which, prior to becoming a church hall, had served as a police station. The first church hall on this site in Fichat

Street was known as the “kleinsaal”, built in 1935 and was regularly used for Sunday School for the children. A new hall, adjoining the “kleinsaal”, was built in 1958 to accommodate 600 parishioners.

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