1132 Robson Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists two suites and households at 1132 Robson Street: Mrs G Beveridge.

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1: person the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Mrs G Beveridgesuite 1132½p. 144

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ROBSON

The lines for 1132 Robson Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1132 Robson Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 1110, ten doors along on the same side, one of two left on the block.

The 1100 block in 1940

Robson 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.

Robson 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

South side, even numbers

The 1100 block of Robson Street

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1132 Robson Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1132-robson, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.