Vancouver / Bidwell Street / West End

West End, Vancouver

1050 Bidwell Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The Bushnell family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 1050 Bidwell Street, has three people listed here: James H Bushnell, a surveyor; J Henry O Bushnell; and Christina S Bushnell, a stenographer at Milroy Grain.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Rebuilt in 1961
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • J Henry O Bushnelllives herep. 83
  • James H Bushnella surveyor · householderp. 83

Also under the Bushnell name

  • Christina S Bushnella stenographer at Milroy Grain · lives herep. 83

Bidwell Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BIDWELL

  1. 1050*Bushnell J Hp. 13

Names

  1. Bushnell J Henry O r1050 Bidwellp. 83
  2. Bushnell Jas H surv 316, 850 W Hastings h1050 Bidwellp. 83
  3. Bushnell Christina S sten Milroy Grain r1050 Bidwellp. 83
The lines for 1050 Bidwell 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

A newer building, dated 1961 by the City, has the address now: the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws here is gone, replaced after the 1940 directory; none of the nine old addresses on the 1000 block of Bidwell Street keeps a building from before 1946. A permit to build a frame house (the register's number: “ or 1050”) was taken out in May 1905 by Mr J H Bushnell: $3,800; the 1940 directory lists the Bushnell name here. (inferred) (the register's number for it is uncertain, but the owner's name is one the directories list here)

Since 1940

  1. 1961Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
  2. 1998–2024Licensed as an apartment house.
  3. 2025A building permit for alterations, valued at $150,000 (BP-2024-02786).

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 1000 block of Bidwell Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1050 marked
The 1000 block of Bidwell Street, between Nelson and Comox Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1050, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws two buildings on the lot at 1050; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1000 block in 1940

Bidwell Street between Nelson and Comox Streets, West End: 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.

Bidwell 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)

Bidwell Street, block by block

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1050 Bidwell Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1961, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1050-bidwell, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.