Mrs A M Danvers and B K Sayer are listed at 1330 Arbutus Street in 1940, as two households. Its name section gives both in full: Alice M Danvers, widow of S A; and B Keith Sayer. Its name section also lists one more person here: Mercier G Danvers, a comptroller operator at MacDonalds Consolidated. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
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- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Rebuilt in 1998
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
Also under the Danvers name
- Mercier G Danversa comptroller operator at MacDonalds Consolidated · lives herep. 147
Also at this address
- Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Arbutus Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
ARBUTUS
Names
The house today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 1330 now to 1998; three doors along, 1316 still has one from before 1946, one of three on the block. A permit to build a house was taken out in June 1922 by R Ward, owner and builder: $3,000.
Since 1940
- 1998Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
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
Arbutus Street between Creelman Avenue and Walkway, Kitsilano: 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.
Arbutus 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.
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1330 Arbutus Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1998, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1330-arbutus, 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. 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.