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Downtown, Vancouver

1221 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1221 Granville Street is Austin Hotel; its name section adds 53 people here under other surnames.

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53
people the 1940 directory lists here, all named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1911
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

Also at this address

  • 53 more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's 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

  1. 1221Austin Hotelp. 66
The lines for 1221 Granville Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The building today

1221 Granville Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 1224 across the street; the City's assessment record gives 1911 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 1997 onLicensed as a hotel (licences on record start in 1997).
  2. 1997 onLicensed as a parking lot (licences on record start in 1997).
  3. 1997–1998Licensed as a restaurant or café (licences on record start in 1997).
  4. 2017A building permit for alterations, valued at $115,000 (BP-2017-04674).

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 1200 block of Granville Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1221 marked
The 1200 block of Granville Street, on the stretch it shares with the 1300 block, between Davie and Pacific Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1221, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1200 block in 1940

Granville Street, on the stretch it shares with the 1300 block, between Davie and Pacific 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 1200 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 1200 block of Granville Street

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1221 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1911 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1221-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.