In 1940, 1123 Barclay Street is The Lorraine Apartments, with eleven suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: Henry J Best, a janitor at the Pacific Building; Frederick R Booth, proprietor of Booth Optical; and ten others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: J E MacAlpine. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 14
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- twelve linesThe Lorraine Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside
The household
- Henry J Besta janitor at the Pacific Building · householder · suite Ap. 45
- Frederick R Boothproprietor of Booth Optical · householder · suite 10p. 56
- C Elliott Crowehouseholder · suite 2p. 141
- Kate Daggswidow of A W · householder · suite 8p. 145
- Hobart Glassan accountant · householder · suite 6p. 226
- William Hendrya bookkeeper at Placer Development · householder · suite 3p. 267
- Vincent E Mosea dental manager for P Parker · householder · suite 1p. 444
- John C Olivera registrar and secretary-treasurer at the Association of Prof Engineers · householder · suite 4p. 470
- Claude E Parkerwho worked for the BC Telephone · householder · suite 11p. 479
- Neil Robertsonretired · householder · suite 12p. 525
Also under the Glass name
- R W Glassa bookkeeper at Lawrence Manufacturing · lives here · suite 6p. 226
- Mary A Mosewidow of L A · lives here · suite 1p. 444
Only in the street section
- J E MacAlpinesuite 5p. 8
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Barclay Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
BARCLAY
- 1123Lorraine (The) Aptsp. 8
- 1123ABest H Jp. 8
- 11231Mose V Ep. 8
- 11232Crowe C Ep. 8
- 11233Hendry Wp. 8
- 11234Oliver J Cp. 8
- 11235MacAlpine J Ep. 8
- 11236Glass Hp. 8
- 11238Daggs Mrs Kp. 8
- 112310Booth F Rp. 8
- 112311Parker C Ep. 8
- 112312Robertson Np. 8
Names
- Best Henry J jntr Pac Bldg hA, 1123 Barclayp. 45
- Booth Fredk R prop Booth Optical h10, 1123 Barclayp. 56
- Crowe C Elliott h2, 1123 Barclayp. 141
- Daggs Kate wid A W h8, 1123 Barclayp. 145
- Glass Hobart acct h6, 1123 Barclayp. 226
- Hendry Wm bkpr Placer Devel h3, 1123 Barclayp. 267
- Mose Vincent E dental mgr P Parker h1, 1123 Barclayp. 444
- Oliver John C registrar and sec-treas Assn of Prof Engineers h4, 1123 Barclayp. 470
- Parker Claude E emp BC Tel h11, 1123 Barclayp. 479
- Robertson Neil retired h12, 1123 Barclayp. 525
- Glass R W bkpr Lawrence Mfg r6, 1123 Barclayp. 226
- Mose Mary A wid L A r1, 1123 Barclayp. 444
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 1123 Barclay Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); three doors along, 1131 still has one from before 1946, one of four on the block. A permit to build miscellaneous was taken out in March 1926 by Moxam & Tod: builder Moxam Construction Co, architect Richard Thomas Perry, $45,000.
The 1100 block in 1940
Barclay Street between Thurlow and Bute 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.
Barclay Street, the 1100 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)
North side, odd numbers
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1123 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
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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. 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.