1183 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 street section prints only a name at 1183 Granville Street, Mrs S Ruddick, and no line in the name section matches it. Its name section lists two more people here: Mary M Ruddick, who worked for the Cave Supper Club; and Michael Ruddick, a bus boy at the Vancouver Hotel. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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4: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1912: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

Mrs S Ruddickp. 66

Also under the Ruddick name

Mary M Ruddickwho worked for the Cave Supper Club · lives herep. 536
Michael Ruddicka bus boy at the Vancouver Hotel · lives herep. 536

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

GRANVILLE

1183Ruddick Mrs Sp. 66

Names

The lines for 1183 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

1183 Granville Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 1181 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.

The 1100 block of Granville Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1183 marked — The 1100 block of Granville Street, between Helmcken and Davie Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1183, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

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)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

The 1100 block of Granville Street

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1183 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1183-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. 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.