William Brown Street

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William Brown Street in Liverpool, England is a road that gives its name to the William Brown Street conservation area. It is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings. 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.

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

[edit] External links

• William Brown Street Conservation Area