This road runs parallel to Barrie Street, between Stuart Street and Union Street.
At one time, it was called Seaton Street after Sir John Colborne, First Baron Seaton.
It is one of a cluster of five streets in the campus area named after Archdeacon George Okill Stuart, an Anglican cleric who was the original owner of Summerhill, the oldest building at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥.