Works of Art Collection

Old Groote Schuur Hospital

Original building in which the hospital was housed. The original name of the building before it was bought by UCT. Groote Schuur, meaning ‘Big Barn’ was established in 1657 by the Dutch East India Company. Tasked with growing fruit and vegetables for sailors on board VOC ships, van Riebeek moved his crops south, away from the mountain, as the south Easter was destroying crops. This move was a success and soon storage was required for harvests. A granary was built and soon another two followed suit and despite ‘De Onder Schuur’s’ and ‘De Kleine Schuur’s’ development, ‘De Schuur’ remained the primary granary. After ownerships by Hendrik Herholdt, Nicholas Gulde and Johannes Baumgardt, Willem van Rijneveld, Chief Justice of the Cape purchased the property but soon committed suicide. His brother-in-law, David Anosi, felt it necessary to keep the property in the family and bought it - naming it De Groote Schuur. Later known as The Grange, when Cecil Rhodes took ownership, the name Groote Schuur was restored. The hospital was built on the estate after which it is named. Source: Origins of Names of Buildings at the University of Cape Town, Mr M. Musemwa (Department of History UCT, 1993). Simons, P 1996. Groote Schuur: Great granary to stately home. Cape Town: Fernwood
Press. Fransen, H. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball publishers.

Groote Schuur

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