East Melbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, adjacent to Melbourne's central business district. East Melbourne is a small area of inner Melbourne located between Richmond and the Melbourne Central Business District. Broadly, it is bounded by Spring Street, Victoria Parade, Punt Road/Hoddle Street and Brunton Avenue. One of Melbourne's earliest suburbs, and affluent since its first establishment, East Melbourne has some of the largest and oldest Victorian homes and terrace houses as well as finest parks and gardens in Melbourne. East Melbourne is home to most of Victoria's government institutions in the parliamentary precinct and Treasury Precincts as well as St Patrick's Cathedral and many of the larger medical institutions and some of the city's finest Victorian parks and gardens such as Treasury Gardens and Fitzroy Gardens. The suburb is probably best known for the world famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) situated in Yarra Park in the East Melbourne locality of Jolimont. East Melbourne is home to many famous Melbourne landmarks and also home to some of Melbourne's earliest houses. While notable terrace housing is predominant in the area, the suburb also has some fine remnant mansions, the oldest and largest in East Melbourne being the blue stone colonial mansion Bishopscourt (designed by Newson & Blackburn), which dates back to 1853.