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Then it was back on the bus. Here's the gleaming white Garrison Church. Designed in 1840 in the Cape Gothic style by Sir John Bell (no relation), the church was built by prison labor under the direction of Captain Richard Wolfe, the Commandant on the Island. Originally an Anglican church, it became an interdenominational one because during the years of the Maximum Security Prison, predominantly Afrikaans speakers were attending the Church.
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