{"id":2741,"date":"2017-05-21T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2019-03-06T14:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T12:38:55","slug":"george-drostdy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/george-drostdy\/","title":{"rendered":"THE OLD DROSTDY, GEORGE"},"content":{"rendered":"
The story around the\u00a0drostdy situated at the roundabout at the top end of York Street goes like this: apparently it was completed in 1815 to provide a residence and office for the first magistrate of George, Adriaan van Kervel.\u00a0 However, I could not find any confirmation in the history records of the exact date of completion.<\/p>\n
Then in 1826 when the second magistrate (Van der Riet) and his family was on holiday disaster struck.\u00a0 Nearly the whole building was destroyed in a fire, but some parts could be saved and it was rebuilt.<\/p>\n
History states that in 1897 the building was turned into a boarding house and in 1903 it took another change to become the Victoria Hotel which apparently served famous pub lunches.<\/p>\n