…in the heart of historic Stellenbosch. This site is steeped in history. The first owner recorded in 1704 was Alhardus Bartholomeus Coopman, who built a typical “H-layout” single storey Cape Dutch house, yet the title deed to him was only prescribed in 1713. In 1978 Coopmanhuijs was proclaimed a National Monument.
The oldest known photograph of Stellenbosch (taken between 1863 and 1866) and published in Stellenbosch Drie Eeue (1979), is of a scene in Church Street – and shows Coopmanhuijs on the far right of the picture.
The current Neo-Georgian architecture of the Old House section of Coopmanhuijs came into being between 1870 and 1900.
Coopmanhuijs was declared a National Heritage Site on 15 September 1978.
The Pieterse family purchased Coopmanhuijs as an investment in 1981, when it was a private residence for female students of Stellenbosch University.
The students moved out in 1984 and Coopmanhuijs became the residence of André and Helena Pieterse until 2007, when a Pieterse family company started converting it into Coopmanhuijs Boutique Hotel & Spa.
