Government House, Orange Free State

Government House

Government House

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, located in Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and...

, was the official residence

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 of the Governor

Governor

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 of the Orange Free State

Orange Free State

The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...

, South Africa

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.

Oliewenhuis, a Neo-Dutch style mansion was designed in 1935. Completed in 1941, this mansion located on Grant’s Hill served as residence for the Governor General of the Union of South Africa

Union of South Africa

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 from 1942.

In 1972, the building was officially named Oliewenhuis, the name being derived from the abundance of wild olive trees growing on the surrounding hills.

See also

• Government Houses of South Africa
  Government Houses of South Africa
  The following is a list of Government Houses of South Africa.*Pretoria, Government House of Pretoria, Transvaal*Cape Province, Government House of Cape Province*Orange Free State, Government House of the Orange Free State*Natal, Government House of Natal...
  
  
• Government Houses of the British Empire

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