The Queen Victoria Building (or QVB), is a late nineteenth-century building designed by the architect George MCRae in the centra business district of Sydney, Australia. The Romanesque Revival building was constructed between 1893 and 1898 and is 30 m (98 ft) wide by 190 m (620 ft) long. The building fills a city block bounded by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. Designed as a marketplace, it was used for a variety of other purposes, underwent remoding and suffered decay until its restoration and return to its original use in the late twentieth century.