St Paul's Mission School
posted by Kerry-Anne
I spotted this stone in the wall of a building on Buitengracht Street, and just had time to snap a photo through the window before the traffic light turned green and I had to pull away again.I did a little bit of sleuthing, and have deduced that the inscription must refer to the Mission School that was attached to St Paul's Church back in the 19th century. According to the website of St Paul's Anglican Church, the foundation stone of the Mission School was indeed laid in 1899. If anyone knows any more about the school, please leave us a comment.
3 Comments:
It's amazing that it is still standing after all these years! Good job sleuthing!
Thanks for the link to the history of the Church it made for some really interesting reading..
Looking at the photo I suspect that the engraving is kept in good condition maybe by the church as after this period of time it would have weathered and this clearly hasn't..
Thanks Neva! :) Beverley, I'm glad you found the link to the church's website interesting - they did have quite a bit of historical information there. It can sometimes be a bit of a challenge to find historical information online, I must say.
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