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Feb 15, 2021 11:18 AM
The Bates Barn burned down on February 15, 2017. Information about the fire is still being accepted. (Photo: Janice Bates)
It’s been four years, but Janice Bates still remembers the magnitude of the blaze as the original Bates Barn in Long Point burned to the ground.
“It just went up so fast, to watch that fire and then watching the firemen go across, trudging through the snow to get to it, it was unbelievable that it would even happen,” she said.
The Bates Barn was built in 1946 and the property itself has been in the Bates family for years. Janice and Bob Bates bought the property and barn from cousins in the early 1980s. It was the first piece of property they owned, and they used it primarily for farming until it became a wedding and events venue in 2011 when farm weddings became popular.