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FARM OUD-BUSSEM
K.P.C. DE BAZEL, 1902-1906, Flevolaan 41, Naarden
Hofstede Oud-Bussem / Farm Oud-Bussem ( K.P.C. de Bazel )
© 2006 Jan Derwig

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Karel de Bazel

BUILDING TYPE:
Agriculture

This model farm was the initiative of Jan van Woensel Kooy and Floris Vos, later a member of parliament, and was the first in the Netherlands to produce sterilized milk. The building exhibits similarities to traditional farms in the Gooi region, its U-shape enfolding a garden and bearing an enormous thatched roof. When converted into a publisher's office in the 1970s, its interior was radically altered though the exterior was left intact.