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West End, Vancouver

1325 Comox Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1325 Comox Street is The Sheffield, an apartment building, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists nine people here: Sid S Bond, a managing director at Western Securities Ltd; Mrs T W Chandler; and seven others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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10
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • nine linesThe Sheffield and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Sid S Bonda managing director at Western Securities Ltd · householder · suite 1p. 55
  • Mrs T W Chandlerhouseholder · suite 4p. 105
  • Charlotte E Harknessa nurse · householder · suite 7p. 255
  • Morley W Mitchella school teacher · householder · suite 2p. 434
  • Adele M Siddeleya supervisor at Retail Credit Grantors · householder · suite 6p. 559
  • Helen E Smithhouseholder · suite 5p. 570
  • Lillian Whitneyhouseholder · suite 3p. 657
  • Harold F Wisea caretaker at Sheffield · householder · suite 8p. 669

Also under the Chandler name

  • Dorothy G Chandlera school teacher · lives here · suite 4p. 105

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

COMOX

  1. 1325Sheffield (The) aptsp. 35
  2. 13251*Bond S Sp. 35
  3. 13252Mitchell M Wp. 35
  4. 13253Whitney Miss Lp. 35
  5. 13254Chandler Mrs T Wp. 35
  6. 13255Smith Miss H Ep. 35
  7. 13256Siddeley Miss A Mp. 35
  8. 13257Harkness Miss C Ep. 35
  9. 13258Wise H Fp. 35

Names

  1. Bond Sid S mng dir Western Securities Ltd h1, 1325 Comoxp. 55
  2. Chandler Mrs T W h4, 1325 Comoxp. 105
  3. Harkness Charlotte E nurse h7, 1325 Comoxp. 255
  4. Mitchell Morley W sch tchr Van City h2, 1325 Comoxp. 434
  5. Siddeley Adele M supvr Retail Cr Grantors h6, 1325 Comoxp. 559
  6. Smith Helen E h5, 1325 Comoxp. 570
  7. Whitney Lillian h3, 1325 Comoxp. 657
  8. Wise Harold F caretkr Sheffield h8, 1325 Comoxp. 669
  9. Chandler Dorothy G sch tchr Van City r4, 1325 Comoxp. 105
The lines for 1325 Comox 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 building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1325 Comox Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 1300 block of Comox Street stands from before 1946: three doors along, 1345 has a building from 1983.

The 1300 block in 1940

Comox 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.

Comox 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)

The 1300 block of Comox Street

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1325 Comox Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

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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.