The original structure of Huis Doorn dates to the thirteenth century. It was destroyed and rebuilt in the fourteenth century, rebuilt again in the late eighteenth century, and rebuilt once more in the mid-nineteenth century to its present form. The surrounding park was laid out as an English landscape garden at the start of the nineteenth century.
Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor, bought the property in 1919 for 500,000 guilders as his residence in exile. He lived there from 1920 until his death on June 4, 1941. A small mausoleum in the gardens holds his coffin, and the park has the graves of five of his dachshunds.
The Dutch government seized the house in May 1945. It opened as a museum in 1956 and became a national heritage site in 1997. The article says the interior has not changed since his death.
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