Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver

1247 East 33rd Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

Friend Newton is the householder at 1247 East 33rd Avenue in 1940; the directory prints no work beside the name.

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

In 1940

The household

  • Friend Newtonhouseholderp. 458

East 33rd Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST 33RD

  1. 1247Newton Fp. 248

Names

  1. Newton Friend h1247 East 33rdp. 458
The lines for 1247 East 33rd Avenue 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 1247 East 33rd Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 1233 still has its building from before 1946, the only one on the block.

The 1200 block in 1940

East 33rd Avenue between Inverness and Culloden Streets, Kensington-Cedar Cottage: 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.

East 33rd Avenue, 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)

South side, even numbers

No south-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 1200 block of East 33rd Avenue

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1247 East 33rd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1247-east-33rd-avenue, 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.