<sod>Named after merchant, writer and printer [[William Caxton]], the thoroughfare developed considerably alongside the subdivision of land in the 1860s. The ensuing decades saw the construction of the Caxton Hotel (1864), the [[Baroona Hall|Baroona Oddfellows hall]] (1883), the Prince Alfred Hotel (1887) and the installation of an electric tramline in 1897. The Ithaca Baths were constructed around 1905. In order to ease congestion, the street was grade-separated at its intersection with Hale Street in the 1960s. <eod>
<sod>Named after merchant, writer and printer [[William Caxton]], the thoroughfare developed considerably alongside the subdivision of land in the 1860s. The ensuing decades saw the construction of [[The Caxton Hotel]] (1864), the [[Baroona Hall|Baroona Oddfellows hall]] (1883), the Prince Alfred Hotel (1887) and the installation of an electric tramline in 1897. The Ithaca Baths were constructed around 1905. In order to ease congestion, the street was grade-separated at its intersection with Hale Street in the 1960s. <eod>