Allan and Stark Building
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The various facades of the former Allan and Stark building, 2009
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| Location | 110 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′12″S 153°01′28″E / 27.4699°S 153.0244°ECoordinates: 27°28′12″S 153°01′28″E / 27.4699°S 153.0244°E |
| Official name: Myer Store (former) [incorporating Miss Brisbane 600136], Allan and Stark | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600162 |
| Significant period | 1881-1923 (fabric) 1899-1970 (historical, Alan and Stark) |
 Location of Allan and Stark Building in Queensland
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The Allan and Stark Building is a heritage-listed row of contiguous but not identical retail buildings located at 110 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The architect was Andrea Stombuco. It was also known as Myer Store. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The individual buildings were constructed on various dates, but the earliest was in 1881. The drapery business operated by James Allan and Robert Stark first operated from part of the site in 1899 in leased premises. Up until 1964 the business gradually expanded into neighbouring buildings which were variously leased or purchased creating the row of buildings. Allan and Stark continued to operate from these amalgamated premises until 1970, when the buildings were sold to the retailer Myer. Myer operated its department store from the site until 1988.
The southernmost building of the row of buildings of Allan and Stark (the leftmost as seen from Queen Street) is visually quite different. It was formerly the Manwaring Building, the second of a row of 4 identical buildings built in 1888. The first building of that row (never part of the Allan and Stark building) is the former Palings Building which still survives adjacent to the Allan and Stark building. The third and fourth buildings of that row were demolished at some earlier time but their sites are now part of the Allan and Stark Building.
The former Myer Store consists of a series of buildings which were erected between 1881 and the early 1920s. A government decision to demolish the convict barracks which covered a large portion of this site, and to dispose of the Crown land, prompted the commercial redevelopment of the northern side of Queen Street bounded by Albert Street and the Brisbane Town Hall.
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