1357 Barclay Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1357 Barclay Street is Halbert Apartments, with 17 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 20 people here: Richard T Alexander; Olma Blundell; and 18 others. It lists nine more people here under other surnames too.

Reserve this house's book, freeIts history in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. Read for this address so far: 1940. The book reads the other 19 directories we hold. About $29 when orders open. The City Archives charges $25 a year searched, a house historian $300 to $550 or more.

29: people the 1940 directory lists here, nine of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1906: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

18 linesHalbert Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Richard T Alexanderhouseholder · suite Ap. 7
Olma Blundellhouseholder · suite Dp. 53
Jack H Bourneon active service · householder · suite 15p. 58
Arthur Coxhouseholder · suite 5p. 135
Miss R Dimman elevator operator at the Hudson's Bay Company · householder · suite 1p. 160
Mrs Violet Fergusona telephone operator at the CBC · householder · suite Ep. 194
Ada M Jacobsa clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company · householder · suite 6p. 299
Agnes M Jacobslives here · suite 6p. 299
Mrs Cecilia J McArdlehouseholder · suite 11p. 362
Harry S Moorea telegraph operator at the Great Northern Railway · householder · suite Fp. 438
Beverley Rosea saleswoman at Harpers Ladies Wear · householder · suite 2Ap. 531
Aubrey C Stewarthouseholder · suite 3p. 586
Jonathan Stowella caretaker at the Halbert Apartments · householder · suite 2p. 591
Robert J Stowella machinist at the Burrard Dry Dock · householder · suite 17p. 591
Sam Stowellwho worked for the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 7p. 591
Robertson B Sutherlandhouseholder · suite Cp. 596
M Irene Tuffya stenographer at Carter MacDonald · householder · suite 18p. 620

Also under the Jacobs name

Emily L Jacobslives here · suite 6p. 299
Dorothy M McArdlea nurse for E L Pottinger · lives here · suite 11p. 362
Audree L Sutherlandlives here · suite Cp. 596

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BARCLAY

Names

The lines for 1357 Barclay 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.

The building today

1357 Barclay Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 1353 next door; the City's record dates it to 1906, before the 1912 map was drawn, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred).

Since 1940

1955A major renovation, by BC Assessment'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 of Barclay Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1357 marked — The 1300 block of Barclay Street, between Jervis and Broughton Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1357, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws one wood-frame building on the lot at 1357. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1300 block in 1940

Barclay Street between Jervis 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.

Barclay 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)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

The 1300 block of Barclay Street

Quote this house

One line with its source, for a listing, a talk or a family tree. A link to this page shows the card below wherever it's shared.

1357 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1906 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1357-barclay, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

Download the share card

The book of 1357 Barclay Street

Every directory, as one book

The book reads this address in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: who lived here year by year, their work from the name sections, with the nine people here in 1940 under other surnames whom this page doesn't name, the block around it, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a house.

The City Archives search records for $25 a year searched. A hired house historian charges $300 to $550 or more.

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.