According to Phoenix and Rasmussen (Folktown)King Street developed in two parts. The section to the south of Castle Street appears on a 1791 map while the section to Smithfield was not completed until the 1880s. In the 1819, Belfast Street Directory there is reference to a Baptist Meeting House which had been established in King Street in 1811. By the middle of 19th century several schools were located on King Street. In 1873, the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children was located at number 25. (Patton)