West End, Vancouver

1386 Thurlow Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Four of the Harrison household are listed at 1386 Thurlow Street in 1940: Frank Harrison, a freight hand at the CPR; Cyril V Harrison, a serviceman at the Refreshment Service; Steph W Harrison, an apprentice at Wrigley Printing; and Wallace H Harrison, a salesman at Ash-Temple.

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4
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1910
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Frank Harrisona freight hand at the CPR · householderp. 257

Also under the Harrison name

  • Cyril V Harrisona serviceman at the Refreshment Service · lives herep. 257
  • Steph W Harrisonan apprentice at Wrigley Printing · lives herep. 258
  • Wallace H Harrisona salesman at Ash-Temple · lives herep. 258

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

The lines for 1386 Thurlow 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 house today

1386 Thurlow Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 1390 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1910 as its year built.

The 1300 block in 1940

Thurlow Street between Harwood and Pacific 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.

Thurlow 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 Thurlow Street

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1386 Thurlow 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/1386-thurlow, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.