1306 Bidwell Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists 17 suites and households at 1306 Bidwell Street. Its name section lists 21 people here: Albert E Abel, a police officer; William Cashion, a bookkeeper at the National Harbours Board; and 19 others. The street section prints two more names the name section doesn't list: English Bay Mansions and A J McWilliams. Its name section lists five more people here under other surnames too.

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28: people the 1940 directory lists here, five of them named in the book
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing: on the Heritage Register, category B
1910: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

17 linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Albert E Abela police officer · householder · suite 24p. 2
William Cashiona bookkeeper at the National Harbours Board · householder · suite 26p. 101
Agnes H Grahamhouseholder · suite 36p. 233
Ethel L Hallwidow of F · householder · suite 22p. 248
Mrs Rebecca Leehouseholder · suite 21p. 343
Arthur N Lockhartan agent at Travelers Insurance · householder · suite 33p. 353
Mrs Agnes C Millerhouseholder · suite 32p. 429
Norman Neillyhouseholder · suite 5p. 455
Mrs Vivia C O'Haraa school teacher · householder · suite 34p. 469
Frances L Ostroma clerk at the Bank of Montreal · householder · suite 1p. 474
William Pageretired · householder · suite 4p. 477
Mrs Lillian A Porterhouseholder · suite 2p. 499
Thomas Slatterya salesman at BC Broadcasting · householder · suite 23p. 565
James A Smileyhouseholder · suite 3p. 567
Yvonne Stevensonwidow of A · householder · suite 31p. 586

Also under the Abel name

Eileen G Abellives here · suite 24p. 2
Mary E Leelives here · suite 21p. 343
Florence M Pagea stenographer at the BC Government · lives here · suite 4p. 477
June Portera telephone operator at Vancouver Welfare Fed · lives here · suite 2p. 499
Rosamond F Porteran operator at the Royal Bank · lives here · suite 2p. 499
Patrick J T Slatterya reporter at the Sun · lives here · suite 23p. 565

Only in the street section

English Bay Mansionsp. 13
A J McWilliamsbasementp. 13

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BIDWELL

Names

The lines for 1306 Bidwell 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

1306 Bidwell Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), the only one left on the 1300 block of Bidwell Street; the City's record dates it to 1910, before the 1912 map was drawn, so it is very likely C, one of the three small wood-frame houses Goad's 1912 map draws on one lot (inferred).

Since 1940

1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).

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 1300 block of Bidwell Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1306 marked — The 1300 block of Bidwell Street, starting at Burnaby Street, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1306, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map splits this lot into three small wood-frame houses lettered A to C; 1306 is C. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1300 block in 1940

Bidwell Street starting at Burnaby 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.

Bidwell Street, the 1300 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)

West side, odd numbers

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

East side, even numbers

Bidwell Street, block by block

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1306 Bidwell Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1910 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1306-bidwell, 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.