William Brown Street

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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.

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William Brown Street William Brown Street has arguably one of the most impressive collection of civic buildings in the world. Developed principally by Liverpool Corporation, they pivot around the drumlike Picton Reading Room, nicknamed 'Picton's Gasometer'. The Museum and Library, the Walker Art Gallery and former County Sessions House contain internationally important collections created by Liverpool's merchants and magnates. The Museum was extended westwards in the early twentieth century thus completing the group. William Brown Street was named after the local MP whose generous donation made the Museum building possible.

William Brown Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom where it sited