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Reinet House

Graaff-Reinet, ZA

Reinet House

Reinet House, located in Graaf-Reinet (Sarah Baartman District Municipality), Eastern Cape, was built by the Cape Government between 1805 and 1812 as Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage, which is now a museum. Reinet House was built as a church house for a member of the clergy, built by slaves and membe

rs of the community. The Rev. Kicherer was the first incumbent to occupy the fine new parsonage. In 1822, Reverend Andrew Murray from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, became the resident minister. He was the successor of Reverend Abraham Faure and served until his death in 1866 Located on Murray Street, it is a six-gabled, h-shaped Cape Dutch structure built with locally sourced materials. It may have been designed by Louis M. Thibault who also designed the Drostdy in Graaff-Reinet. After Reverend Andrew Murrays death in 1866 the parsonage was occupied by his son, Charles Murray. The shutters of his study window have remained closed since the day of Reverend Andrew Murray's death as a mark of respect. Reverend Murray married Maria Steegmann, a girl of sixteen at the time, and they had eleven children: John, Andrew, Maria, William, Charles, Jemima, Isabella, James, George, Helen and Eliza. After Charles...

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