In 1570, the councils of Naarden and the Gooise villages donated the Oud Bussem estate to Paulus van Loo, the bailiff of Gooiland.
There was a farm on the estate, which was burned by the French during the siege of Naarden in 1673 and was rebuilt in the 18th century by Michiel Hinloopen. In 1974 the farm burned down again.[1]
In the 18th century, a country house was built on the estate by Abraham Scherenberg.
In 1902, a homestead was built on the estate by Joannes van Woensel Kooy, in which "the Company for the Exploitation of a Hygienic Dairy" was established. The architect was K.P.C. de Basel. It became a complex, consisting of the main building (Hofstede Oud Bussem) with cowsheds and haylofts, a dairy house and an office and staff residence. Furthermore, two service residences on the Flevolaan and two service residences on the Oud Blaricummerweg.
In 2010, an orangery was added to the rear of the country house.
In 1925, the complex was expanded with a seed drying facility, where the Theater De Plankeniers was located from 1947.
The country house was demolished in 1929 and rebuilt by Pieter van Leeuwen Boomkamp, who was a wealthy NSB member.[2] The architect was D.F. Slothouwer. In September 1940, Reich Marshal Göring stayed in this white villa for a few nights.
The dairy closed in 1956. The homestead was used as a storage space for a number of years by all kinds of companies. Then, in 1970, the Strengholt publishing company established itself in the homestead.