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The Beautiful Village of Bath, Ontario
Kingston Ontario, Kingston Canada, Shopping and Retail, Bath was first settled by the United Empire Loyalists in 1783. After the town had been divided up between the families of Hawley, Davy, Rose and Amey, it was John Davy who was first to lay down roads on his lot #10. By 1804 the whole village had been prepared for settlement and surveyed. The village was incorporated in 1859. Every year on July 1 there is a Canada Day celebration featuring a parade and fair. The village was originally named Ernestown, but was renamed Bath in 1819 after the city in England. The town is the location of Millhaven Institution.
The Fairfield-Gutzeit House is the oldest of the three properties, built in 1796 by two brothers, William Jr. and Benjamin, both prominent in the community. They first came to Bath is 1793 when they left their father's home near Amherstview.
The house remained in the Fairfield family until the 1860 s, but was not again owned by a Fairfield until 1938 when the estate was purchased by Mabel Fairfield Gutzeit, great-granddaughter of William Fairfield Jr., married to Dr. William H. Gutzeit, a doctor of music. The Gutzeits enjoyed a very active social life, held musical evenings and had a variety of cultural interests that included the collection of antique paintings and furniture.
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