Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town

Name: Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town
Address: ZA

Coordinates: -34.0718, 18.3366
Updated: 20 Jul 2026

This double-storeyed structure was erected as a Rectory and Vicarage, in 1815 by building contractor, Herman Schutte, and its verandah was added in 1820. The music for part of South Africa's national anthem, Die Stem van Suid Afrika, was composed here in 1919 by the Rev ML de Villiers. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 February 1980.

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Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town

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Last updated · 20 Jul 2026

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South African History Online. (2011, July 14). Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065870

South African History Online (2011) 'Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town', South African History Online, 14 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065870 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065870, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town." South African History Online, 14 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065870. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Die Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065870.