Francis Dakin, a clerk at the Customs, shared 1308 Beach Avenue in 1940 with one person under another surname, named in the book.
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- 2
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Rebuilt in 1972
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Francis Dakina clerk at the Customs · householderp. 146
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Beach Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
BEACH
Names
The house today
Goad's 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 1308, and the building the 1940 directory knew is gone too: the City dates the one there now to 1972; across the street, 1311, on the heritage register, still has one from before 1946, the only one on the block. A permit to build a house was taken out in September 1922 by Dr Johnson Gibbins: builder T M Tanner, $2,000.
Since 1940
- 1972Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
- 2022A building permit for alterations, valued at $150,000 (DB-2022-04442).
- 2022 onLicensed as a parking lot.
- 2022–2024Licensed as a restaurant or café.
- 2023A building permit for alterations, valued at $500,000 (BP-2020-03243).
- 2023A building permit for alterations, valued at $480,000 (BP-2022-04062).
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 in 1940
Beach Avenue between Pacific and Broughton 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.
Beach Avenue, the 1300 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
East side, odd numbers
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1308 Beach Avenue, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1972, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1308-beach-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. 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.