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Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

1300 McLean Drive

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1300 McLean Drive is Roxboro Apartments, with six suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists six people here: Mrs Cora E Allanson; Ernest J Crawford, a fireman at the CPR; and four others. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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8
people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Mrs Cora E Allansonhouseholder · suite 14p. 9
  • Ernest J Crawforda fireman at the CPR · householder · suite 9p. 137
  • Walter Hansena logger · householder · suite 16p. 253
  • Andrew B Liddlea swamper at the City of Vancouver · householder · suite 12p. 348
  • Herman A Murraya salesman · householder · suite 11p. 450
  • Martin Strommea logger · householder · suite 17p. 592

Also at this address

  • Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

McLean Drive is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as McLean Street; every number it gives sits on today's McLean Drive, so we take them for one street (inferred).

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

MCLEAN DRIVE

  1. 1300Roxboro Aptsp. 106
  2. 13009Crawford E Jp. 106
  3. 130011Murray H Ap. 106
  4. 130012Liddle A Bp. 106
  5. 130014Allanson Mrs C Ep. 106
  6. 130016Hansen Wp. 106
  7. 130017Stromme Mp. 106

Names

  1. Allanson Mrs Cora E h14, 1300 McLean Drivep. 9
  2. Crawford Ernest J firmn CPR h9, 1300 McLean Drivep. 137
  3. Hansen Walter logr h16, 1300 McLean Drivep. 253
  4. Liddle Andw B swamper Van City h12, 1300 McLean Drivep. 348
  5. Murray Herman A slsmn h11, 1300 McLean Drivep. 450
  6. Stromme Martin logr h17, 1300 McLean Drivep. 592
The lines for 1300 McLean Drive 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 1300 McLean Drive, so the building is probably gone (inferred).

The 1300 block in 1940

McLean Drive between Charles and Kitchener Streets, Grandview-Woodland: 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.

McLean Drive, the 1300 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

West side, odd numbers

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

East side, even numbers

  1. 1300Roxboro Apts +6gone

The 1300 block of McLean Drive

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1300 McLean Drive, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1300-mclean-drive, 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.