Federal Coffee Palace

Once Melbourne's grandest coffee palace, the Federal Coffee Palace was a seven-story marvel of 19th-century architecture and luxury, though it was demolished in 1973.

In their own words: “But arguably the most famous and grandest of them all, in Melbourne at least if not in Australia, was the Federal Coffee Palace on the southwest corner of Collins Street and King Street. Built in 1888 to coincide with the Centennial Exhibition, this seven storey building aimed to impress from both the inside and out.”