Vancouver Centennial Plaque #99 – Hart’s Opera House

Address:           Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia Street

Status:             Missing

“HART'S OPERA HOUSE

In 1886, after the fire, Frank W. Hart moved an old roller rink from Port Moody to Carrall and Dupont (Pender). In reality a rude canvas-roofed barn, it was Vancouver's only theatre for the first three years.”

Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 50-100 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives

Photo credit: Vancouver Archives (AM54-S4- Port P650)