The Citizen, 2010-10-21, Page 31THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010. PAGE 31.Blyth Station House revived in time for Doors OpenA piece of railroad history hasbeen used as a bed and breakfast inBlyth for 20 years, and is now under
new ownership.
The Blyth Station House opened
under new owners in December of
2009, and with five bedrooms, a
dining/meeting room, history all
around it and a successful catering
company, the old railroad building is
a lot more than it once was.
Owners Peter and Sarah Gusso
bought the bed and breakfast from its
former owners after a visit in 2009,
but didn’t really hit their stride until
this March.
Peter, originally from Bluevale,
and Sarah, a Blyth resident (maiden
name Rouw) both trained in
hospitality, with Peter training to be
a chef. The duo went to Europe for
two and a half years, got homesick,
came home for a while, then went
back to Europe for another two and a
half years and then had a dilemma –
whether to stay in Scotland or
whether to move home and start
working here.The choice wasn’t difficult for thecouple, as Scotland is an expensiveplace to live, and they were bothstarting to miss home again.“We came back and started
looking for a business,” Peter said.
“Then Sarah’s parents told us to talk
to [the previous owners].”
Peter toured the location in the
summer of 2009, and owned it by the
end of the year.
The bed and breakfast is literally
steeped in history and agriculture,
incorporating the build of the old
station house into the business, being
adjacent to farming properties and an
old clay brick pond, and being so
close to the Greenway Trail.
The station house was originally
build in 1875, Peters said, and was
part of the London-Huron Line. It
was then bought by the Grand Trunk
Railroad, and then the Canadian
National (CN). The station was
closed in 1941, and the rail was
removed for the war effort, and it
was bought, renovated and owned by
several families before coming into
the possessions of the Gussos. It was
originally changed into a bed andbreakfast approximately 20 yearsago.Peter explained that several partsof it have remained close to theoriginal appearance over the years.
“We still have the waiting room
intact,” he said. “And it still has the
[approximately] 22-foot high
cathedral-style ceiling. We also have
a room we call ‘The Office’, which
we believe was used as the office for
whoever was in charge, since it has
windows facing both directions the
tracks run.”
The most recent retrofit of the
station required some thought, as the
lack of a basement caused some
problems about where to put a
furnace.
“Originally, the [previous owners]
wanted to use the parapet as a room,
but we needed a place to put the
furnace, so we used that. The furnace
is above [the rest of the building] and
actually pushes air downward.
The success of the business,
according to Peter, is due, not only to
their good product, and their
connection to lively communities,
but through the Huron TourismAssociation, who helped get theword out about the group.The Station House will be one oftwo locations opening its doors tothe public in Blyth for the Doors
Open Ontario tour, the second being
the Blyth Festival and Memorial
Hall. The bed and breakfast will be openfor tours on October 23 and 24 from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is located at 347Dinsley Street.A virtual tour of the Blyth Station
House is available at
www.bbcanada.com.
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By Denny ScottThe Citizen
Blyth Station House
The Blyth Station House will be a location for the Ontario
Open Doors tour on October 23 and 24. (Denny Scott photo)