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West End, Vancouver

1225 Barclay Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1225 Barclay Street is The Selkirk, an apartment building, with 19 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 21 people here: Nelson Abbott; Arenia Alexander, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway; and 19 others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: F H Du Hain. Its name section lists five more people here under other surnames too.

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27
people the 1940 directory lists here, five of them named in the book
Rebuilt in 1989
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • 20 linesThe Selkirk and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Nelson Abbotthouseholder · suite 8p. 2
  • Arenia Alexandera clerk at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 18p. 7
  • T Don Browneon active service · householder · suite 2p. 75
  • Robert F Edmondsa dentist · householder · suite 9p. 178
  • Harry A Gibsona foreman at the National Harbours Board · householder · suite 14p. 222
  • Belle S Grosshouseholder · suite 4p. 243
  • Mrs Sally Hiamhouseholder · suite 15p. 270
  • William Howean accountant at Truck Parts & Equipment · householder · suite 17p. 285
  • Lloyd H Jacksonhouseholder · suite 10p. 298
  • Barbara R McGinnan operator at the BC Telephone · householder · suite 19p. 377
  • James H McLeoda clerk at Deeks Sand & Gravel · householder · suite 12p. 393
  • Julia B Matthewswidow of H · householder · suite 11p. 421
  • Edna A Neillwidow of T A · householder · suite 6p. 455
  • Albert W Reida carpenter · householder · suite 3p. 514
  • Roy T Seymoura caretaker at the Selkirk Apartments · householder · suite 1p. 552
  • David C Turnbullan accountant at the BC Government · householder · suite 20p. 621
  • S Alice Williamsonwidow of A · householder · suite 16p. 663
  • Walter W Woodsa manager at the York Hotel · householder · suite 7p. 673

Also under the McGinn name

  • Mary McGinna widow · lives here · suite 19p. 377
  • Helen H Matthewslives here · suite 11p. 421
  • Muriel M Williamsona stenographer at Beck & Grimmett · lives here · suite 16p. 663

Only in the street section

  • F H Du Hainsuite 5p. 8

Also at this address

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

  1. 1225Selkirk (The) aptsp. 8
  2. 12251Seymour R Tp. 8
  3. 12252Browne T Dp. 8
  4. 12253Reid A Wp. 8
  5. 12254Gross Miss B Sp. 8
  6. 12255Du Hain F Hp. 8
  7. 12256Neill Mrs E Ap. 8
  8. 12257Woods W Wp. 8
  9. 12258Abbott Np. 8
  10. 12259Edmonds R Fp. 8
  11. 122510Jackson L Hp. 8
  12. 122511Matthews Mrs J Bp. 8
  13. 122512McLeod J Hp. 8
  14. 122514Gibson H Ap. 8
  15. 122515Hiam Mrs Sp. 8
  16. 122516Williamson Mrs S Ap. 8
  17. 122517Howe Wp. 8
  18. 122518Alexander Miss Ap. 8
  19. 122519McGinn Miss B Rp. 8
  20. 122520Turnbull D Cp. 8

Names

  1. Abbott Nelson h8, 1225 Barclayp. 2
  2. Alexander Arenia clk BCER h18, 1225 Barclayp. 7
  3. Browne T Don act serv h2, 1225 Barclayp. 75
  4. Edmonds Robt F dentist 5, 722 Granville h9, 1225 Barclayp. 178
  5. Gibson Harry A formn NHB h14, 1225 Barclayp. 222
  6. Gross Belle S h4, 1225 Barclayp. 243
  7. Hiam Mrs Sally h15, 1225 Barclayp. 270
  8. Howe Wm acct Truck Parts & Equip h17, 1225 Barclayp. 285
  9. Jackson Lloyd H h10, 1225 Barclayp. 298
  10. McGinn Barbara R opr BC Tel h19, 1225 Barclayp. 377
  11. McLeod Jas H clk Deeks Sand & Gravel h12, 1225 Barclayp. 393
  12. Matthews Julia B wid H h11, 1225 Barclayp. 421
  13. Neill Edna A wid T A h6, 1225 Barclayp. 455
  14. Reid Albt W carp h3, 1225 Barclayp. 514
  15. Seymour Roy T caretkr Selkirk Apts h1, 1225 Barclayp. 552
  16. Turnbull David C acct BC Govt h20, 1225 Barclayp. 621
  17. Williamson S Alice wid A h16, 1225 Barclayp. 663
  18. Woods Walter W mgr York Hotel h7, 1225 Barclayp. 673
  19. McGinn Mary wid — r19, 1225 Barclayp. 377
  20. Matthews Helen H r11, 1225 Barclayp. 421
  21. Williamson Muriel M sten Beck & Grimmett r16, 1225 Barclayp. 663
The lines for 1225 Barclay 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 building today

A newer building, dated 1989 by the City, has the address now: the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws here is gone, replaced after the 1940 directory; no building from before 1946 is left on the 1200 block of Barclay Street, and across the street the City dates 1220's to 1987. A permit to build miscellaneous was taken out in March 1926 by J Stenhouse: builder Smith Bros & Wilson, architect Gardiner & Mercer, $55,000.

Since 1940

  1. 1989Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
  2. 2005–2019Licensed as an apartment house.
  3. 2019A building permit for alterations, valued at $481,438 (BP-2019-02695).
  4. 2023A building permit for alterations, valued at $125,000 (BP-2023-03684).
  5. 2026A building permit for alterations, valued at $306,241 (BP-2026-01736).

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 Barclay Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1225 marked
The 1200 block of Barclay Street, between Bute and Jervis Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1225, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws two buildings on the lot at 1225; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1200 block in 1940

Barclay Street between Bute and Jervis 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 1200 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)

The 1200 block of Barclay Street

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1225 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1989, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1225-barclay, 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. 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.