Rust (en Vrede)

This simple, small and traditional landhuis, also called Rust, was probably built in the early 19th century. Because it also has various outbuildings it was nevertheless counted among the landhuizen, but it never was more than a country residence. It stands at the start of the Santa Rosaweg, next to the driving-licence office.

Nooyen speaks of Rust in the Ruiterkwartier, where in 1736 16 enslaved people were charged with agricultural work. From 1741 to 1743 it was the property of Jan Luls, son of Gerard Luls, the first owner of Koningsplein. In 1888 Rust was the property of merchants, and there were beautiful gardens with palm trees both in front of and behind the house.

Renkema mentions that Rust was bought up by the government in 1908 and divided into plots of 2 hectares for rent to farmers. Van Ditzhuijzen relates that Rust was used by the government as an official residence for the district master (districtmeester), as around 1930 when the father of the well-known writer Boeli van Leeuwen had been appointed to that office.

Rust was later fitted out as a doctor's room for government physicians, but has now decayed into a ruin with many broken-open filing cabinets and paperwork still in it. It was declared a protected monument in 2002.

See also the Ruiterkwartier.