William Brown Street
53°24′36″N 2°58′48″W / 53.410°N 2.980°W William Brown Street in Liverpool, England, is a road that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings. It is sometimes referred to as the "Cultural Quarter"
Originally known as Shaw's Brow, a coaching road east from the city, it is named after William Brown, a local MP and philanthropist, who in 1860 donated land in the area for the building of a library and museum. This area gives its name as the William Brown Street conservation area.
The conservation area contains:
- Lime Street Station
- St George's Hall
- William Brown Library and Museum — housing part of World Museum Liverpool and part of Liverpool Central Library
- Great North Western Hotel
- Walker Art Gallery
- Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library — part of Liverpool Central Library
- County Sessions House
- College of Technology and Museum Extension — part of World Museum Liverpool
- The Wellington Memorial
- The Steble Fountain
- St John's Gardens
- Liverpool Empire Theatre
- Entrance to Queensway Tunnel
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