Longtime couple Noel and Kathy Bateman have worked together on renovations before, but never on something like the historic Clarendon train station north of Sharbot Lake, Ont.
The building is one of the last standing train stations on the K&P Line, which once connected downtown Kingston to Renfrew by rail and is now a converted multi-use trail.
Clarendon Station, steps away from the path, has been privately owned since the 1970s. It operated as a hunting camp for some years, Noel said, until it gradually declined and a leaky roof caused significant water damage.
“Leaky roofs are the killer of old barns and buildings,” Noel said, adding that the
