[3][4] Henry Newell had previously built a house, "elaborate even for its time, sparing no decorative detail" at 318 Fraser St in 1875,[5] and the nearby Bate Island at the Champlain Bridge was named for him.

[12][13] In addition to noting the presence of prominent Canadians such as former Prime Minister Robert Borden, Secretary of State George Halsey Perley and Chief Justice Francis Alexander Anglin, the Ottawa Citizen also printed the names of all 94 individuals who brought flowers.

[14][2][15] The Ottawa Citizen ran a story when G. Aldous Bate received a $2–3 fine "for a breach of parking regulations", identifying him as now living at the Range Road property.

As Marjorie and her husband Major Fenton took control of the property,[21] they employed Louise Healey, Margaret (Madge) Hood and Theresa Glisinski as maids.

In 1948, their 30-year-old son GB Fenton, who had returned from tank warfare in the Second World War, wrote away to the Famous Fantastic Mysteries magazine, ask readers interested in purchasing The King in Yellow, The Man Who Mastered Time, The Island of Captain Sparrow, The Maracot Deep or Morning Star, to contact him at the Bate-Fenton House.