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History of my school (Papenboom Estate (Estate bought by Max Michaelis…
History of my school
Papenboom Estate
Shared between the members of the Cloete family
Built a homestead, now a boarding house - Michaelis House
Made own beer using water from underground stream
Given to Daniel Cloete
Estate bought by Anders Ohllson (from Sweden)
Named the estate Montebello (may be after the town of Montebello, in Italy
Developed the Newlands brewery
Built 3 things
Conservatory
A place to grow exotic plants
Ballroom
Stable Block
Estate bought by Max Michaelis
Changed the homestead into the house it currently is
Gave the stable block (now called Montebello) to UCT
His wife, Lady Michaelis sold the estate to the government for a school close to the University of Cape Town
in
1957
, our school moved from it's building in
Orange Street
in Cape Town to it's site in
Newlands
Max Michaelis: Art Collector