Belleville newspaper building reports
- Item
- 2014
File contains transcripts of newspaper reports on new buildings in Belleville, Ontario. The reports date from 1856 to 1914.
Foster, Lois
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Belleville newspaper building reports
File contains transcripts of newspaper reports on new buildings in Belleville, Ontario. The reports date from 1856 to 1914.
Foster, Lois
File contains a City of Belleville “The Friendly City” “Old Homes Week” c.1947, and a c.1947 souvenir booklet and programs from Belleville's “Old Homes Week”.
Belleville Petition for Building 1850
File contains petitions for building, including: George Neilson petition for protection in by-law dispute, and Mr.Gregg's petition asking for help building place of worship.
Belleville Police – New Station YMCA Building 1965
File contains the following newspaper clips on the Belleville police department c.1969: Belleville Police station officially open at old YMCA building, Hon. Roberts opens new police station, clip on Belleville police Chief Hugh MacKinnon, and other miscellaneous newspaper clips on the Belleville police station and department c.1969.
Belleville Police – Old Stn. 1965
File contains a c.1965 newspaper clip on the old Belleville police station set to be demolished following move to new police station.
Belleville Post Office 1959-1961
File contains c.1956 newspaper clips of photos of the post office staff hard at work, c. 1959 clip on mail authorized for delivery to annexed areas of Belleville, c.1961 clip on the new post office building construction and completion.
Belleville Residences Historic Sketches 1964
File contains newspaper clips on the various historical houses throughout Belleville featured in “Our Architectural Heritage” newspaper articles.
Belleville Street Map circa 1985
Part of Map collection
A map of the streets of the City of Belleville including property boundaries. The map covers Bay of Quinte north to CNR and from Moira River and North Front Street east to Lingham Street.
File contains a 1950 map of Belleville, a 1962 article about a new retaining wall on Campbell Street, and an article with historic photos of Front Street.
Belleville streetscapes project, 1998
Videos showing buildings visible from city streets in Belleville and Thurlow wards of the City of Belleville, Ontario. The filming was done in February and March 1998 by camera operator Angela Rowan and drivers Peter Kellett and Reg Stacey.
Heritage Belleville
Belleville Town Clock poem 1907; clipping 1965
File contains a poem titled “Belleville's Old Town Clock” by The Cynic
Belleville Unemployment 1968-69
File contains newspaper clippings about relocating the Unemployment Insurance Commission regional headquarters to Belleville and about building contractors vying for the job.
File contains newspaper clippings about early wells in Belleville, well discovery and the Belleville Water Tower.
The file contains two copies of Belleville's Heritage, published by the Hastings County Historical Society; a partial inventory of old buildings; one from 1978 and volume II from 1983.
Belleville's Heritage Map of East Hill
Part of Map collection
A map of heritage buildings, using Goad's Fire Insurance Maps from 1904-1908, in the East Hill area of Belleville, Ontario. Prepared by the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee in 1985. A colour chart dictates red for first priority; yellow for important to the street scape; blue for lost heritage; green for open areas.
Donated by Heritage Belleville in 2017.
Heritage Belleville
These volumes were compiled by the Historic Structures Committee of the Hastings County Historical Society in 1978 and 1983. They contain photographs and descriptions of some of the older buildings in Belleville, Ontario.
Hastings County Historical Society
Belleville's Oldest Buildings 1964 article from 1934
File contains an article on old homes in Belleville.
File contains 6 newspaper clippings about some of the oldest buildings in Belleville – mentioned was the Chisholm McDougall House, The Springer Burns house, the Court house, and walking tours of Belleville looking at old homes.
Research notes and other materials relating to Beth Green's work for the Building Research Committee and the Archives Committee of the Hastings County Historical Society in Belleville, Ontario.
Green, Beth
Bird's Eye View Map of Napanee
Part of Map collection
Reproduction of an 1874 Bird's Eye View of Napanee, Ontario, showing buildings that existed at that time. The original map was drawn by Herman Brosius and printed by Charles Sober & Co. of Chicago.
Donated by the Belleville Public Library in 2014.