Soapbox: 223 Princess Street comes to Planning Committee again

Loyalist Township acquires three historic properties in Bath

Here in Kingston at 1401 Highway 2

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 223 Princess Street, building height, Capitol 7, Capitol Condos, Capitol Movie Theatre, City of Kingston, density by design, downtown, ERA Architects, Frontenac Heritage Foundation, IN8, Kingston, Official Plan (OP), Ontario Heritage Act, planning committee, proposed development, Shirley Bailey

Editorial note: The following is a submitted Op/Ed piece. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. The Frontenac Heritage Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of structures and sites of cultural and historical interest across the Kingston region. For nearly

History News

December 27, 2019December 30, 2019 Tori Stafford 5 Comments Amherstivew, Bath, Bath Town Hall, Bath Town Museum, Fairfield House, Fairfield-Gutzeit Society, historic property, Kingston, Layer Cake Hall, Loyalist Township, Ontario Heritage Act, United Empire Loyalists, Village of Bath

Loyalist Township will now take the charge of preserving three historic properties in Bath, Ontario, as well as the historic contents of these buildings, after the Township legally acquired the properties this month. According to a press release from the Township, those properties are Layer Cake Hall, the Bath Town

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April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 Bill Gowsell 0 Comments abandoned cemetery, amalgomation, Bill Gowsell, grave robbers, gravediggers, gravestones, Heritage Kingston, heritage site, Highway 2, history, John MacKenie, Kingston, limestone vault, Milton, Milton Cemetery, Milton Cemetery Board, Ontario Heritage Act, Pittsburg Township, settlement of Kingston, St. Lawrence River, Thomas Milton, vault

There are artifacts of our history around every corner of Kingston, and as you walk down Penny Lane to 1401 Highway 2, you will come across a pioneer cemetery with history waiting to be discovered. Milton Cemetery at 1401 Highway 2 has long been abandoned from its original purpose.