of Studebakers and old cars …
I love Vintage vehicles.As the proud owner of a 1958 Volkswagen and belonging to the local Old Car Club, I am forever encouraging guests to...
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Bergsig, George
Bergsig developed out of the farm Niepothsdale – in 1894 the property was sold to Koos Stander, mayor of George from 1926 to 1932. In...
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History of the house and it’s people
The grounds on which Fairview stand was first registered in 1861 in the names of Messrs. Swemmer and Meyer, directors of the...
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Stander House/Fairview up for auction in 1978; 2 years after Mr Swallows bought the historic home from the estate of Blanche and Ethel Stander
Blanche in the light coloured dress with her sister Ethel Stander. In The Oudshoorn Courant and Het Suid-Western on Wednesday September 27,...
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South African Garden And Home, October 1998. Romancing an era – a long neglected historic George House gets a make-over…
(Text and photographs by Alex Cremer) Because it was partly hidden behind high boundary walls, the true beauty of Fairview only became...
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Die Geskiedenis van Fairview. George Herald 26 Feb.1998 (Pauline Lourens)
George wat nie veel geskiedkundige argitektuur het om mee te spog nie, kan gelukkig nou tog groots wees op die Kaapse Georgiaanse styl...
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