March 13, 2009

The oldest house in the city is the Duff-Baby House, built at the corner of Mill and Russell around 1790. According to Fred Neal’s book the Township of Sandwich published in 1909 “It was built by the Hon. James Baby, who was born in Detroit in 1762. He as a member of the Legislative Council of Hesse and Western District from 1792 until his death in 1833.” However according to…