Agnetapark was an area of workers' housing in Delft, South Holland, the Netherlands. It was one of the highest quality workers' housing areas built before the Housing Act of 1902 was imposed.
History
In 1881 the plot of land was purchased by
Agneta Matthes and Jacob Cornelis van Marken at the price of 16,000
.
[ Wijkkrant Hof van Delft, May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2012.] It was built after the plans of the architect Louis Paul Zocher, who designed an English Landscape garden—scale park. 48
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Semi-detached and community buildings were placed around the park. The area had no urban infrastructure and was a disadvantage.
[brand Ideals. p.207. Retrieved 30 June 2012.] There were three main buildings,
De Gemeenschap (the community), a large house which included a kindergarten and an elementary school which included a dining room and a gym,
de Tent (the tent), a music and event pavilion where a grocery store and a bakery business where there was late a clothing shop. Finally, the children's playground, which included a bowling alley, a shooting range and a boathouse for the ability to hire rowing boats.
[ Internationaal Instituut voor Social History: JC van Marken section. "Kritiek"] There was also a shooting club, a bowling club, a bicycle club and a brass band. After the death of Jacob Cornelis van Marken, the park became a desirable residential area which offered rental homes. Since 1989, the park has been listed.
The villa later had one settlement built around it, the
Rust Roest (meaning:
resting rusts or:
use it or lose it). The founders of the
Rust Roest formed a
corporation to help the development of the settlement and gave the park staff in 1870.
