Blue plaque for heritage house is unveiled in Strydom Street
Heritage site declared at a house built before 1900.
Blue plaque for heritage awarded at 97 Strydom Street.
On May 5, Tony Burisch from the Heidelberg Heritage Association awarded the latest blue plaque (No 50) to 97 Strydom Street, Heidelberg.
It is understood that the house was initially a three-roomed house. It is believed to be built before 1900.
There is also a belief that the inside of the roof is the old gable of the original structure.
The floors, ceiling and sash cord windows were made from Oregon pine imported from the USA.
The house seems to have had a complete makeover in the 1920s with rooms added on both sides as well as the rear.
At that time metal ceilings were installed under the original Oregon plank ceilings. Since the initial building and renovations, the buildings are still maintained and looked after.
Pieter and Wiekie Rautenbach lived on the premises from 1994 to 2012. The Rautenbach’s uncle also previously lived in the house.
Dawie and Juanita van Eeden have been owners of the property for four years.
Rautenbach said, “The thought of some of the rooms being declared a heritage site is a bonus and will be cherished. The day we saw the house we fell in love with it.”
