Coles Book Arcade

Arcade/shop. Collins Street to Little Collins Street section, later site of Howey House Arcade.

Status: Discontinued. Named 1883.

Located at or near: 299-303 Bourke St.

Probable or possible origin of name: Edward William Cole, proprietor. Store ran through Little Collins Street to 252 Collins Street and Howey Lane by early 1900s.

Location is approximate.

For more information, see: Bate, W., Broome, R., Davis, N., May, A. J., & Stitt, H. (2024). The story of Melbourne’s lanes: Essential but unplanned (pp. 78-79, 83). ISBN 978-1-875173-12-9.