Heritage & Culture.
Fairfield House at Fairfield Park in Amherstview was finished in 1793 — a Loyalist-era home built in the decade after United Empire Loyalists arrived at Cataraqui, and named in 2000 by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada to its 250-best Canadian architecture list. The eastern gates of the Loyalist Parkway, dedicated by Queen Elizabeth II on September 27, 1984, sit on the same grounds.
The brief.
The Loyalist heritage cluster runs along Highway 33 — the Loyalist Parkway — between Amherstview at the eastern gates and Bath fifteen kilometres west. Fairfield House operates seasonally (typically May through Labour Day; confirm hours with Loyalist Township each spring) and offers interpretive tours of the 1793 house and Fairfield Park grounds.
In Bath, the 1796 Fairfield-Gutzeit House reopened in 2025 after a two-year structural and conservation restoration; new exhibits and guided tours run Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with admission $3 for adults and seniors and free for children twelve and under. The village of Bath itself is one of the oldest communities in Ontario, settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1784.
The Loyalist Parkway corridor — 60.9 km from Bloomfield in Prince Edward County east to Collins Bay Road in Kingston — links these sites with the broader Loyalist landing region across the Bay of Quinte.
4. places.
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Fairfield House National Historic Site
1793 Loyalist-era home at Fairfield Park, Amherstview; one of the first permanent structures built in Ontario after Loyalist settlement; RAIC 250-best Canadian architecture list (2000).
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Fairfield-Gutzeit House
1796 Georgian-style waterfront house in Bath, built by William Jr. and Benjamin Fairfield; reopened 2025 after a two-year restoration; Thursday–Sunday 10 a.m.–4 p.m., admission $3.
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Loyalist Parkway gates (Amherstview)
Eastern terminus monument on Highway 33; dedicated by Queen Elizabeth II on September 27, 1984.
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Bath village heritage core
Settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1784; one of the oldest communities in Ontario, with the 1784 Bath Road as the early colonial route along Lake Ontario.
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By the book.
- 01Fairfield-Gutzeit House operates Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; admission $3 for adults and seniors, children twelve and under free.Source ↗
- 02Fairfield House operates seasonally; confirm year's opening dates with Loyalist Township.Source ↗
- 03Fairfield-Gutzeit House holds an Ontario Heritage Trust easement (1998) and a Part IV designation under the Ontario Heritage Act (1992).Source ↗