THINGS TO SEE

This house was taken into use on Oct. 12,1888 by Rev. and Mrs. H.L. Neethling and presently houses the Utrecht museum. (National Monument)

This magnificent old sandstone church was consecrated on April 2, 1893 during the ministry of Rev. H.L. Neethling the first moderator of the "Nederduitche Hervormde or Gereformeerde Kerk".  The foundation stone was laid by Gen. Piet Joubert, Commandant General of the Zuid-Afrikaanche Republiek. (National Monument)

One of the most famous foreigners who fought with the Boer forces during the second Anglo Boer War, was Capt. Leo Pokrowsky, a Pole who was an officer in the Russian army.  He was killed on Christmas Day 1900 when he and his men attacked the British garrison in Utrecht.

Petrus Lafras Uys was one of the first settlers in this area in 1847.  He was the first Landdrost and was also a member of the Transvaal Volksraad for the Utrecht district.  With his four sons he fought with the British during the Anglo Zulu War of 1878-1879.  He was killed in the battle of Hlobane on March 28, 1879.  The monument was erected in 1881 by the burghers and soldiers of Col. Wood; later Field Marshal Wood with whom he fought the war. 

This is one of the oldest buildings in Natal north of the Tugela River and dates back to 1856.  It was the house of Swart Dirk Uys, who was the first Commandant of Utrecht.  The facade is the work of Senator Jacobus Johannes Uys. (National Monument)

The old residency was erected in 1892. 
(National monument)

Both houses are considered to be among the finest examples of Natal colonial residential architecture in rural Natal.
(National monuments)

The Town Hall, erected in 1913, is a national monument.

This old sandstone building, erected in 1892, is a national monument.

The town was established in August 1855 and in 1860 the irrigation system was started and considerably extended up to 1865.  Later all the furrows were lined with sandstone slabs.  It passes under buildings and streets in numerous places.  A water mill was also in operation from about 1870 to 1922.

The old cemetery is well worth a visit.  Many graves of well known Voortrekkers are here.  Rev. H.L. Neethling (already mentioned), Rev. Alington, the first Vicar-General of the Anglican Church in Zululand are also buried here.  A section is laid out in the form of an arrow pointing in a north-easterly direction.  British soldiers are buried here including Stephen Thorton Phillmore, Deputy Commissioner of the British army during the Anglo Zulu War.

The sand stone section of the goal is one of two remaining sections of goals of the old Transvaal (before 1900) still in existence.

The building was erected in 1899.  The interior of this small church is a gem.