Strathcona, Vancouver

1017 Keefer Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Three of the Wojdyla household are listed at 1017 Keefer Street in 1940: Kashmir Wojdyla; Katie Wojdyla, a waitress at New Royal Cafe; and Lena Wojdyla, a waitress at New Royal Cafe; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.

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4
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1905
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Kashmir Wojdylahouseholderp. 670
  • Katie Wojdylaa waitress at New Royal Cafe · lives herep. 670

Also under the Wojdyla name

  • Lena Wojdylaa waitress at New Royal Cafe · lives herep. 670

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

The 1000 block of Keefer Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 500, 600 and 700 blocks of Keefer Street are read from every directory, 1905 to 1955.

The lines for 1017 Keefer Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The house today

1017 Keefer Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 1024 across the street; the City's assessment record gives 1905 as its year built.

The 1000 block of Keefer Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1017 marked
The 1000 block of Keefer Street, between Campbell Avenue and Glen Drive, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1017, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1000 block in 1940

Keefer Street between Campbell Avenue and Glen Drive, Strathcona: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Keefer Street, the 1000 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

The 1000 block of Keefer Street

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1017 Keefer Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1905 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1017-keefer, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.