• Skip to content
  • City of Melbourne
  • Create a listing
  • Subscribe
  • Favourites
  • What's on homepage
  • Favourites
    • Home
    • Things to do
    • Eat and drink
    • Shopping
    • Visitor info
    • Create a listing
    • Contact us
    • Subscribe

What are you looking for?

Primary category
Secondary categories for primary category Anything
Secondary categories for primary category Things to do
Secondary categories for primary category Eat and drink
Secondary categories for primary category Shopping
Secondary categories for primary category Hotels
Secondary categories for primary category Guides

When are you visiting?

Date shortcuts
Calendar
A chevron that can be pressed to move to the previous month
May
June
A chevron that can be pressed to move to the next month
MTWTFSS
MTWTFSS
282930123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930311
262728293031123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930123456

Where do you want to look?

Locations
What are you looking for?
Anything
Anytime Anywhere
  • Heritage-listed Nicholas Building on Swanston Street.
  • Heritage-listed Nicholas Building ground level arcade with a vaulted and domed lead-light ceiling.
  • Person climbing the stairs at heritage-listed Nicholas Building.

Nicholas Building

  • Hidden gem
  • Heritage listed

The historic Nicholas Building is home to an eclectic mix of galleries, boutiques, artists, musicians, jewellers, designers, architects, and technology innovators.

Built in 1926, the heritage-listed building was designed by Harry Norris, and is Melbourne’s grandest example of ‘Chicago Style’ architecture. Listed by the National Trust, the building features a ground level arcade with a vaulted and domed lead-light ceiling.

Originally home to businesses associated with the Flinders Lane rag trade, commercial artists, medical practitioners and architects, the building is today one of the city's most thriving creative hubs.

The Nicholas Building Association was formed in 2017 to preserve and nurture the culture of the building, during a time in which it faces significant challenges. The association regularly organises open nights to promote the creative businesses that call it home.

Location

Nicholas Building
37 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Nicholas Building

Contact details

  • Visit website for Nicholas Building
Facebook page for Nicholas Building Instagram page for Nicholas Building
To navigate, press the arrow keys.

Only In The City

Only in this City of Ours See what's on
Queen Victoria Market

Queen Victoria Market

This beloved Melbourne landmark is the largest open air market in the southern hemisphere.

  • Heritage listed
  • Community
NGV International

NGV International

NGV International houses a whole world of international art.

  • Free
  • Gallery
Flinders Street Railway Station

Flinders Street Railway Station

Iconic domed railway and metro hub, opened in 1910, with a yellow facade and an arched entrance.

  • Heritage listed
  • Landmark
See what's on

Discover more

Government House

Government House

Official residence of the Governor of Victoria.

  • Heritage listed
  • Landmark
The Gothic Bank

The Gothic Bank

Considered the finest secular Gothic-Revival building in Australia.

  • Heritage listed
  • Landmark
Royal Exhibition Building

Royal Exhibition Building

World Heritage-listed and the oldest surviving Great Hall of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • Heritage listed
  • Landmark
The Block Arcade

The Block Arcade

A lavish 19th century shopping arcade featuring an impressive mosaic floor.

  • Heritage listed
  • Landmark
Envelope Icon

Subscribe to What’s On Melbourne

Sign up to receive updates on what to see and do in Melbourne.

Subscribe now
Australian Aboriginal Flag Torres Strait Islander Flag

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

Create a listing
Contact What's On Melbourne
  • What's On Facebook page
  • What's On Instagram page
  • What's On TikTok page
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
© 2025 City of Melbourne
City of Melbourne home page
BESbswy