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West End, Vancouver

1256 Pacific Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1256 Pacific Street is Crossways, an apartment building, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eight people here: A Ernest Almond, a clerk at the Royal Bank; Lily Banks, widow of W A; and six others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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9
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • A Ernest Almonda clerk at the Royal Bank · householder · suite 2p. 11
  • Lily Bankswidow of W A · householder · suite 3p. 30
  • John Heapshouseholder · suite 1p. 264
  • Thomas Milnea caretaker at The Crossways · householder · suite 4p. 432

Also under the Banks name

  • Olive Banksa manager for Vincent Galleries · lives here · suite 3p. 30
  • William Banksa boatman at N Pacific Exporters · lives here · suite 3p. 30
  • Gerald E H Heapsan assistant sales manager at Canadian White Pine · lives here · suite 1p. 264
  • George J Milnea salesman at Merchants Towel & Linen · lives herep. 432

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

PACIFIC

  1. 1256Crossways aptsp. 124
  2. 12561Heaps Jp. 124
  3. 12562Almond A Ep. 124
  4. 12563Banks Mrs Lp. 124
  5. 12564Milne Tp. 124

Names

  1. Almond A Ernest clk Royal Bk h2, 1256 Pacificp. 11
  2. Banks Lily wid W A h3, 1256 Pacificp. 30
  3. Heaps John h1, 1256 Pacificp. 264
  4. Milne Thos caretkr The Crossways h4, 1256 Pacificp. 432
  5. Banks Olive mgr Vincent Galleries r3, 1256 Pacificp. 30
  6. Banks Wm boatmn N Pac Exptrs r3, 1256 Pacificp. 30
  7. Heaps Gerald E H asst slsmgr Can White Pine r1, 1256 Pacificp. 264
  8. Milne Geo J slsmn Merchants Towel & Linen r1256 Pacificp. 432
The lines for 1256 Pacific 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

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1256 Pacific Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 1200 block of Pacific Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1215, with a building from 1976.

The 1200 block in 1940

Pacific Street starting at Bute Street, 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.

Pacific 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)

Pacific Street, block by block

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1256 Pacific Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1256-pacific, 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.