Irish-born Major Johnny Bawden moved to Oudtshoorn in 1881 and was later awarded the Queen’s Medal for his efforts in the Anglo Boer War. He owned and managed the Queen’s Hotel in Baron van Rheede Street (formerly Queen’s Street) until his death in 1913.
Built in 1880, it is claimed by the hotel’s management to be the third-oldest hotel in South Africa. Messrs Ford and Stokkam owned the hotel before Bawden.
Operating uninterrupted since March 1880, this four-star hotel with
