The Weeks family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 1459 Barclay Street, has three people listed here: George W Weeks, a salesman; Hilda C Weeks; and Hubert G Weeks, a salesman.
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- 3
- people the 1940 directory lists here
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category B
In 1940
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 house today
1459 Barclay Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 1447 next door.
Since 1940
- 2026 onLicensed as a restaurant or café.
- TodayProtected by the City's municipal designation.
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 1400 block in 1940
Barclay Street between Broughton and Nicola 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 1400 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
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1459 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there, on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1459-barclay, 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.