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History

A long time ago, the farm would churn milk to butter. As an entrepreneurial farmer Klaas Snijder established a private, collective dairy factory.  In 1896, he started a butter factory in Dorpsstraat 23.

An old poem once said:

“Zeldenrust”, gaf hi’j `t de name
want o, hi’j hat zo grieselug drok!”

 In 1909, the butter factory Zeldenrust was sold to the Board of the Society for Evangelism within the Classis Meppel of the Dutch Reformed Church in Meppel.  At that time, there was a struggle between the orthodox (Reformists) and liberal believers. Uffelte did not have a church of its own and the butter factory was replaced by an Evangelism chamber.

Preacher Niemeyer, which opposed the reformed church, wanted to build a modern church building in Uffelte. Subsequently, it was built. In 1911, the first church service was held in the new church on Schoolstraat.
The church services in Evangelism chamber did not gather a lot people and the building was almost empty. The Uffelter youth directed acts of vandalism to the building and many windows were broken. According to a report in May 1912, there were a total of 149 broken windows: 10 white- and 139 colored windows.

Up until 1921, the Evangelism chamber still existed. Hereinafter, the lot with the house was owned by a farming family from Uffelte. Since then, several families lived there.
In 2008, Toos Bierhoff and Dick Kok, purchased the building and began their Bed and Breakfast. They kept the name Zeldenrust, not only to honor the history, but also because the area offered so many terrific options.