Town and City Scenes--Bellaire

Black and white photograph depicting Main Street (now N. Bridge Street, at the intersection with Broad Street) in Bellaire, Michigan, looking south.

Black and white photograph from circa 1895-1900 of N. Bridge Street in Bellaire, Michigan, looking north. The church to the left in the image is the First Methodist Church (now the Community Methodist Church), one of the oldest churches in Antrim County. The large, Victorian building in the back right of the image is the Richardi House (now the Grand Victorian Bed and Breakfast Inn). Henry Richardi, the son of a well-respected businessman in the area, built this lavish house for his bride-to-be in 1895. The house included indoor plumbing, central gravity heat and even electric lights. The couple never married, and Henry Richardi left the area without ever living in the house.

Black and white photograph from 1950 depicting the Bel-Air Theatre on N. Bridge Street, in Bellaire, Michigan. The movie poster indicates that Red Skelton's "The Yellow Cab Man" (1950) is showing at the theater.

Black and white photograph from approximately 1900 of the northern side of the town of Bellaire, Michigan. The white church is the First Methodist Church (now the Community Methodist Church), one of the oldest churches in Antrim County.