Alston's Corner
Altson's Corner is a heritage listed Edwardian building located on the corner of Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Elizabeth Street and Collins Street, Melbourne, Collins St in Central business district, CBD of Melbourne, Australia, built for tobacconist Richard Altson in 1904, and extended in 1914. History There is a plaque on the building attesting that the first brick building in Melbourne was erected here in 1839. It was owned by Alexander Brunton, and from 1840 housed the haberdashery and home of Michael Cashmore, one of the earliest Jewish settlers in Melbourne, and it was known as both Cashmore's corner and Brunton's corner. Until 1889 when the street numbers were changed, it had the enviable address of 1 Collins Street East. Tobacconist Henry Altson, an active member of Melbourne's Jewish community, occupied the old shop from about 1887, and the site became known as Altson's Corner. In 1903 he commissioned architect Nahum Barnet, another member of the Jewish community, to des ...
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