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    Herald Sun Building, 60 Flinders Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
    The BuildingsFLINDERS STREET

    Herald Sun Building

    ArchitectHW & FB Tomkins
    Completed1921
    StyleNeo-Classical
    The building

    The Herald Sun Building, originally the Herald and Weekly Times Building, is a Neo-Classical Beaux Arts landmark on Flinders Street. Designed by HW & FB Tomkins and constructed in stages between 1921 and 1928 by Clements Langford, it served as the headquarters of the Herald newspaper for nearly a century.

    The doorstep

    Three places within a short walk.

    What each one is, and how far it is from the front door. Select a place to see it on the map.

    1
    Nature395 m · 5 min walk
    Birrarung Marr
    The city's first major new parkland in a century, terraced down to the Yarra with a Wurundjeri name meaning river of mists.
    2
    Dining531 m · 7 min walk
    Florentino
    The upstairs Mural Room has been a grand Italian dining institution since the 1930s, its frescoes National Trust-classified.
    3
    Character445 m · 6 min walk
    The Melbourne Athenaeum
    Founded in 1839, it housed the city's first library and gallery and still runs a subscription library above Collins St.
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