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Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

154 East 10th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 154 East 10th Avenue is Vancouver Evangelistic Tabernacle, with six suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists seven people here: William J Andrews, a miner; Frances George, a nurse; and five others.

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7
people the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 1949
on the Heritage Register, category B

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • William J Andrewsa miner · householder · suite 3p. 15
  • Frances Georgea nurse · householder · suite 2p. 220
  • William W Johnsona driver · householder · suite 4p. 307
  • Erik A Nilssona logger · householder · suite 1p. 461
  • Thomas G Trotterhouseholder · suite 5p. 619

Also under the Dye name

  • Dyehouseholder · suite 6p. 174
  • G Allen Trotterlives here · suite 5p. 619

East 10th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST 10TH

  1. 154Van Evangelistic Tabp. 197
  2. 1541Nilsson E Ap. 197
  3. 1542George Miss Fp. 197
  4. 1543Andrews W Jp. 197
  5. 1544Johnson W Wp. 197
  6. 1545Trotter T Gp. 197
  7. 1546Dyep. 197

Names

  1. Andrews Wm J miner h3, 154 East 10thp. 15
  2. George Frances nurse h2, 154 East 10thp. 220
  3. Johnson Wm W drvr h4, 154 East 10thp. 307
  4. Nilsson Erik A logr h1, 154 East 10thp. 461
  5. Trotter Thos G h5, 154 East 10thp. 619
  6. Dye h6, 154 East 10thp. 174
  7. Trotter G Allen r5, 154 East 10thp. 619
The lines for 154 East 10th Avenue 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

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 154 now to 1949; none of the 19 old addresses on the 100 block of East 10th Avenue keeps a building from before 1946.

Since 1940

  1. 1949Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
  2. 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 100 block of East 10th Avenue on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 154 marked
The 100 block of East 10th Avenue, between Quebec and Main Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 154, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 100 block in 1940

East 10th Avenue between Quebec and Main Streets, Mount Pleasant: 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.

East 10th Avenue, the 100 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 100 block of East 10th Avenue

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154 East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1949, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/154-east-10th-avenue, 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. 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.