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Belleville City Hall is home to
Belleville City Council Belleville (French, literally "beautiful town") may refer to: Places Canada * Belleville, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Wakefield Parish, New Brunswick, Wakefield Parish * Belleville, Nova Scotia * Belleville, Ontario France * Bel ...
and located at 169 Front Street between Macannay and Market Streets in
Belleville, Ontario Belleville is a city in Ontario, Canada situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte. Belleville is between Ottawa and Toronto, along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Its population ...
. Built in 1873 as town hall and market by local architect John D. Evans, the High Victorian
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
was built using limestone and red brick. It became city hall in 1877 when Belleville became a city. Originally a two storey building, it housed the local farmer's market, which moved in 1961. Two floors were added during renovations in 1988.


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