That on the application of the owner, Mr. Edward Hughes, two new streets situate off Springfield Road leading to Cavendish Street, be named Crocus Street and Violet Street, and that he be requested to submit another name instead of St. Paul Street, as there is a St. Paul Street in another part of the City. (28th January 1891).
The Belfast And Province Of Ulster Directory 1892 contains a small number of addresses of people living in Violet Street indicating this street was probably built around 1891.