Villa De Berg is one of the oldest villas in Bloemendaal. The property is part of a group of villas built between 1897 and 1905 in Het Bloemendaalsche Park, formerly the Buiten Rijp estate. This park was developed according to plans by the Haarlem architect L.J. Ritter and is the first villa park in the Netherlands to be built outside the city. In this part to the west of Bloemendaalseweg, where the gentlemen and ladies lived “at the height”, the leafy and exclusive character of Bloemendaal, which then quickly developed into a commuter town, has been well preserved. In 1999, the Bloemendaalsche Park area was designated by the government as a protected village area, together with the adjacent Duin en Daal.