Cape Town Fish Market is situated on the premises where the
outbuildings of Bletterman House one stood. Blettermanhuis was
sold in 1824 and converted into offices and a courtroom that
was known as the Stellenbosch Public Offices. The long outbuilding
was opened as a slave school in 1825. Subsequently it was a
measles hospital, a theatre and a government school. In 1874
the Stellenbosch Gymnasium occupied it and more classrooms were
built. Victoria College (and subsequently the University of
Stellenbosch) developed from the Arts Department of the Gymnasium.
Bletterman House and the outbuildings came into the ownership
of the Stellenbosch Museum in 1979 after the Stellenbosch police
used it as their headquarters from approximately1879. The long
outbuilding was outfitted by the Stellenbosch Museum in 1987
as a multi-purpose hall and restaurant with financial assistance
from Gold Fields.
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