Lygon Buildings: 

98-126 Lygon Street, Carlton 3053

This is a fine composition of 17 shops which stretch along Lygon Street and around the corner to Queensbury Street. This row of shops is very special because nearly all the plate glass shop windows and joinery is intact and original. The original cast-iron verandah was demolished, but has been replaced by an almost identical structure that is a bit shallower than the original, but stylistically the same 

The building features a central and two end pavilions which are three-storeys high, and are linked by two-story wings each containing four shops. The pavilions feature triplets of narrow windows, between which are intricate patters moulded into the stucco. The second and third storeys are given separate treatment and are separated by a cornice. The top of the building is capped with another, more decorative, cornice accompanied by a range of pediments. 

The Lygon Buildings are architecturally significant as the largest and most intact terrace of nineteenth century shops in Melbourne, and are considered by the Heritage Council as being of State Significance.