Bill Kennedy holds the fourth plaque, one of five to be mounted in Belleville by the Hastings County Historical Society this summer. (File photo: Mary Thomas/ Quinte News)
The third plaque to mark the 200th anniversary of the city of Belleville will be unveiled this week.
The Hastings County Historical Society is unveiling five bronze plaques this summer to celebrate Belleville’s 200th birthday, the third one marks the Griffen Opera House, built in 1884.
President Richard Hughes says it was the finest theatre between Toronto and Montreal.
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The talking movies becoming popular in the 1920s meant the decline of this type of theatre.
The public is invited to the plaque unveiling at the corner of Bridge and Church Streets, at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
The five plaques are:
Firehouse #2 – unveiled
Simpson’s Tavern 1797 – unveiled
Griffin Opera House – to be unveiled
Great Belleville Flood – to be unveiled
Pinnacle Street Railway – to be unveiled
