This was formerly Murray's Terrace," a short street consisting of a single row of houses on the south side of the grounds of the Royal Academical Institution, It was built in 1828 by Doctor Magnesia. He was appointed apothecary to the old Belfast Dispensary and Hospital, 1807, and resigned in 1808, starting as surgeon and Lieutenant was on a visit to the Marquis of Donegall, he was seized with sudden illness. Dr, Murray happened to be the doctor called in and was so successful in his treatment that he was appointed resident physician to the Lord Lieutenant, and removed to Dublin, where he had a most prosperous career". (Belfast Street Names. John J. Marshall). Murray’s Terrace (College Square East) is featured in Henderson’s 1850 edition of the Belfast Street Directory. The street is named after Sir James Murray, (1788-1871) who had houses built on the site in the 19th century. He is famous because he is the inventor of “Milk of Magnesia”.
The 1912 Belfast Street Directory contains this detail: Murray's Street (Terrace in 1910) off Fisherwick Place.