Staats Model School

It originated from a school established in 1893 to train teachers in the Zuid Afrikaansche Republik, or ZAR.

Sytze Wierda, chief architect of the ZAR, designed the building in 1895, and its construction was completed by Te Groen in 1896.

[2] The structure consists of brick and Stinkwater sandstone and adheres to the Neo Dutch Renaissance school of architecture.

During the war the building functioned as a hospital for Boer soldiers and as a prison for British officers.

The escape of Winston Churchill, war correspondent and later British prime minister, from the building has become legend.