4) Waterstraat 17

17 Water street building

A corner shop with the typical chamfered corner doorway. The original building dates perhaps from 1858 when this section and the adjoining plots in lower Church Street were transferred to Gert Jacobus van Wyk. Altered into a shop in the later part of the 19th century judging  from the glazed four panel doors and matchboard ceiling. Over the doorway there is a sign showing the name of one of the early owners, Benjamin Klein.

An extract from a printed brochure Discover Historical Calvinia
Researched: Nigel Amschwand