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The history of Die Prokureurshuis is as colourful as the people of the Roggeveld, as this part of the Karoo is known. The house referred to previously as "a grand house for its time" is a stately sandstone building, built by Jan (Kiep) Immelman during the early 1940's.

Die Prokureurshuis had eight different owners during approximately the last 100 years. It belonged inter alia to a doctor, a shopkeeper and three lawyers. This is the history of Die Prokureurshuis:

		August 1906 - Jasper Theron bought the erf on which Die Prokureurshuis stands today for £11 from the Dutch Reformed Church.
		October 1906 - Bismarck von Moltke Louw, father of the Louw poet brothers and lawyer in the town, bought the erf for £18.
		February 1921 - Nicolaas Vlok, also a lawyer and Louw's colleague, bought the erf for £725.
		December 1934 - Jan (Kiep) George Immelman bought the erf for a much lower price, namely £325.
		December 1944 - Alwyn Pieterse bought the house for £1 700.
		May 1947 - Oubaas Frick, a local lawyer, bought the house for £1 400.
		August 1998 - Daantjie and Maria Esterhuyse bought the house for R60 000.
		November 1999 - The present owner bought the house.
		November 2005 - The Art Gallery and conference facilities are opened.

Die Prokureurshuis has many tales to tell – from a dam in the backyard where the prize-winning brothers, NP van Wyk and WEG Louw and their young friends allegedly played regularly, to miracles such as that of Mrs Frick, a previous occupant who miraculously recovered after suffering from depression for years. Today the works of art of South African artists tell their own stories in Die Prokureurshuis.

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