Downtown, Vancouver

1169 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

John C Griffiths worked as a driver at Consolidated Coal and headed the household at 1169 Granville Street in 1940.

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

In 1940

The household

  • John C Griffithsa driver at Consolidated Coal · householderp. 242

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

GRANVILLE

  1. 1169Griffiths J Cp. 66

Names

  1. Griffiths John C drvr Consol Coal h1169 Granvillep. 242
The lines for 1169 Granville 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

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1169 Granville Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 1167 still has its building from before 1946, one of 15 on the block.

The 1100 block in 1940

Granville Street between Helmcken and Davie Streets, Downtown: 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.

Granville 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)

East side, even numbers

  1. 1102Goodrich Silvertown Storesgone
  2. 1104Richardson R Egone
  3. 1106Cut Rate Furn Cogone
  4. 1110Matheson Pgone
  5. 1114Raubinger P +1gone
  6. 1116Family Shoe Repairsgone
  7. 1118Carlo G Shoe Shine +1gone
  8. 1120A 1 Coml Photo Servgone
  9. 1122Soo Jgone
  10. 1124De Luxe Cafegone
  11. 1126Cut Rate Furngone
  12. 1128Bodnar W +1gone
  13. 1130Clowes Block +6stands
  14. 1132Pioneer Furngone
  15. 1138Cut Rate Furngone
  16. 1140Rialto Hotel +1gone
  17. 1142vacantrebuilt
  18. 1144vacantgone
  19. 1146Parker's Furn Exchgone
  20. 1148Adeline Beauty Shoppe +1gone
  21. 1150Jakes Sanitary Barber Shop +2rebuilt
  22. 1152Assoc Hdw Jobbersgone
  23. 1154Mayfair Lndygone
  24. 1156Merrin S Wgone
  25. 1160Cain W J +1gone
  26. 1162International Cap Co +2gone
  27. 1164Jansson K Tgone
  28. 1166vacantgone
  29. 1168Davis Tgone
  30. 1176Martin Hotel +1stands
  31. 1180Peter Pan Cafegone
  32. 1182Smith Pgone
  33. 1184Martinique Smoke Shop +1gone
  34. 1190C P Communicationsgone
  35. 1196*Bk of Nova Scotiarebuilt

The 1100 block of Granville Street

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1169 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1169-granville, 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.