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The Dominion Business college was founded in 1883 by Issac Wood, Principal of the Wellington Street Public School, and John B. McKay, an instructor in penmanship in the Kingston public schools. Sometime prior to 1896 the name was changed to Kingston Business College. After a fire destroyed the building in 1898 the college moved to the Y.M.C.A. building. Two years later the college purchased a building that had formerly been a public school. The college remained here until 1968. About 1902 McKay was succeeded as Principal by Hiram F. Metcalf, a long-time member of the Kingston Board of Education. He remained in this position until his death in 1932 at which time W.T. Rogers purchased the College. Rogers had been the owner and principal of the Standard Business College of Hamilton (later the Parks' Business College) and part owner of the Brockville Business College. R.H. Metzler was appointed as Pricipal. Later Principals of the College were D.H. Barclay, Irene Rogers. Aleda Rogers and W.R. Rogers. In 1968 the Kingston Business College ceased operation due to an insufficient number of students to continue classes, probably a result of commercial courses being offered by high schools.

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In 1829 John Howard proposed founding an asylum for the mentally ill in Kingston. Before the widespread use of asylums, people with psychiatric conditions were placed in jail. In Kingston, they were placed in the basement of the penitentiary. In 1839, the House of Assembly allotted 3,000 pounds for the construction of an asylum; however, Toronto, with a larger population, was given priority in receiving the money. In 1859, Rockwood Villa, which was built for J.S. Cartwright in 1841, became Rockwood Asylum. In 1894, Charles Kirk Clarke assumed the position of Rockwood’s superintendent. Although he was not Rockwood’s first superintendent, he initiated some remarkable changes in the asylum, including the publication of “The Rockwood Review”, a monthly newsletter, as well building a gymnasium to encourage exercise among patients.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Edward Ryan, Rockwood Asylum’s name was changed to Rockwood Hospital and the Ontario Neuro-Psychiatric Association was instituted to expand avenues in clinical research as well as to bring mental health care professionals together. Ryan also persuaded the government to fund the development of the Mowat building to be used for recovering and rehabilitating individuals. In 1920 Rockwood Hospital’s name was changed again, this time to Ontario Hospital – Kingston. In 1936, after Thomas Cumberland and Archibald Kilgour had both resigned as superintendents, Ernest A. Clark assumed the role, encouraging client interaction with the larger Kingston community and introducing libraries into both the main building and the Mowat Wing. By the end of the Second World War, Joseph Stewart was superintendent and the hospital was grossly understaffed due to World War II. Three years later Roger Billings joined Ontario Hospital as director of the Mental Health Clinic.

By 1959, one hundred years after ground was broken, Rockwood patients were transferred to the new buildings constructed on the same property, and the former asylum eventually became known as 'The Penrose Building', which was a residence for people with disabilities. Penrose closed in 2000 and the historic building has sat empty ever since. During the 1960s, the hospital underwent many changes, making the atmosphere for clients more relaxed and positive. Brian Juniper introduced a music department for clients; John Pratten eliminated the hospital’s “locked door” policy; and a special unit for children and adolescents opened in the hospital. In 1965 the name Ontario Hospital - Kingston was changed to Kingston Psychiatric Hospital in an effort to encourage the people of Kingston to think about the hospital as a part of the community.

In 1971, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care eliminated the position of medical superintendent in provincial psychiatric facilities in an effort to democratize responsibility therein. The next year, Richard Van Allen introduced a series of co-operative homes to be run by patients with some help from students and hospital staff. 1975 marked a year of physical developments to the building itself: it was the year that the Beechgrove complex opened.

In March of 2001, after years of planning, the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital was divested from the province and placed under the authority of the Providence Continuing Care Centre’s Governing Board, joining St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital and Providence Manor. The former psychiatric hospital’s name was changed to Mental Health Services. The future of the old stone asylum, closed since 1997 as a residence for persons with mental disabilities, is uncertain. The Providence Continuing Care Centre operates a newer facility that replaced the old hospital.

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The Township of Kingston was incorporated in 1850, although the first township survey and plan (for Township 1 - Kingston) had been completed as early as 27 October 1783. The township would consist of the Villages of Cataraqui (Waterloo), Sunnyside, Collins Bay, Westbrook, Kingston Mills, Glenburnie, Elginburg, Kepler, Jackson Mills, Glenvale, Sharpton, Florida and Murvale. The Village of Portsmouth was originally incorporated as a part of the Township, although it separated a short time later in 1858 (By-law 91, 23 Dec. 1858). The City of Kingston, and the Townships of Kingston and Pittsburgh, were amalgamated to form an expanded City of Kingston on 1 January 1998.

During the early 1830's Dr. Edward John Barker, a graduate of the London College of Medicine arrived with his family in Kingston. In his spare time he wrote for relaxation and Noble Palmer, publisher of the Spectator, a weekly with liberal leanings, persuaded Barker to edit his paper. Barker accepted and enjoyed the work so much he decided to establish his own paper. In 1833 he announced that a new publication, to be called The British Whig, would be published and on New Year's day, 1834, the first issue was produced. Originally a weekly, the paper soon changed to semi-weekly publication and eventually became a daily. Edward John Barker Pense, grandson of the founder, took over the paper in 1872, modernizing the printing equipment and erecting a new building to house the publication. In 1925, Senator William Rupert Davies purchased The British Whig and amalgamated it in 1926 with the Kingston Daily Standard, to become the Kingston Whig-Standard. Today the Kingston Whig-Standard remains the oldest continuously published newspaper in Canada.

A. Murray Kinloch, son of Alexander and Helen (Stewart) Kinloch, was born in Greenoch, Scotland on April 18th, 1923. Kinloch studied at the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland from 1941-1956. During this time, he received an MA in Classics (1944), an MA with first-class honours in English (1950), and a PhD in Anglo-Saxon (1956). He also served as an assistant lecturer at the University of Hull in Yorkshire in 1952, and taught at the University College of Wales in Cardiganshire from 1954-1959.

In 1959, Dr. Kinloch accepted the position of assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick. In 1972, he became a full professor. After he retired in 1986, he was appointed professor emeritus in 1989. During his years at UNB, Dr. Kinloch did extensive fieldwork and published more than fifty papers in the areas of linguistics, dialectology and the English language, including a co-authored annotated bibliography entitled Writings on Canadian English, 1784-1975. Dr. Kinloch was interested in Canadian English (especially as spoken within the Atlantic Provinces), and how it differed from that of the United States and Britain.

In addition to his classes and academic research, Dr. Kinloch also served on a variety of University committees, and was an active member of several associations involving linguistics, and dialectology. He was president of the American Dialect Society, vice-president of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistics Association, treasurer of the Atlantic Provinces Association of Communication Teachers and trustee for the Hans Kurath Fund for Linguistic Geography. With colleagues from the English Department, he organized a Grammar Hot Line in the early 1980s.

Dr. Kinloch also spent eighteen years in the military service, 1942-1960, initially with the British forces, (Royal Scots, Manchester Regiment, and the Black Watch), before resigning his commission in 1957. After his arrival in Canada, he remained active with the militia (6 Independent Signals Squadron) until 1960. Dr. Kinloch was also well known for his work with the Humane Society and the SPCA.

Dr. Kinloch died suddenly on August 25th, 1993, while returning from a trip to Grand Manan Island. He was survived by his wife, the former Jean Elizabeth Wall.

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The Bath Road Company, also know as the Kingston Bath Road Company, was active in the late 1870's until 1910.
The Old Bath Road had been in existence as a road since 1798, by the year 1857 it had become incorporated and it is likely that it became a joint stock company sometime in the late 1870's. Toll roads were built by private companies that were chartered by the government. Often these companies took the form of joint stock companies, selling company shares to raise funds for road construction projects. In return, toll charges for use of these roads would help provide dividends to company investors and pay for the upkeep and repair of these roads. Toll roads were seen as the solution to the financing of roads in a province with a scarce population, limited tax base and vast geographical area. In 1938, Bath Road became Provincial Highway 33.

William Breden (b.1805-d.1893) was born in northern Ireland neat Maguire's Bridge in the County of Fermanagh and came to Canada in his boyhood. He served as an alderman in the Rideau Ward of Kingston in 1850 and 1856. During this time his occupation is listed as butcher. In 1852 William acquired ownership of the 100 acre family farm near Glenvale in Kingston Township, from his parents Thomas and Elizabeth Breden. The Bredens are listed as residing both at this home in the country, and in the city at their residence on Princess Street, to which further properties were added, fronting on to Victoria Street in 1876 and 1880. William's first wife , Margaret, died c. 1880 and William remarried Amelia Wiley. William and his first wife had two daughters, Margaret and Sarah. After 1880 William is referred to solely as a farmer. He died at age 88 on November 5, 1893.