Agnetapark

[2] In 1881 the 4-hectare (9.9-acre) plot of land was purchased by Agneta Matthes and Jacob Cornelis van Marken at the price of 16,000 guilders.

[4] 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.

After the death of Jacob Cornelis van Marken, the park became a desirable residential area which offered rental homes.

The founders of the Rust Roest formed a corporation to help the development of the settlement and gave the park staff in 1870.