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Kitsilano, Vancouver

1540 Yew Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1540 Yew Street is Suffolk Block, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eleven people here: T Lloyd Bailey, a dogger at R & H Sawmills; Joseph R Brand, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District; and nine others.

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11
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1910
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • nine linesSuffolk Block and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • T Lloyd Baileya dogger at R & H Sawmills · householder · suite 4p. 25
  • Joseph R Branda laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District · householder · suite 6p. 63
  • Josie Branda student · lives here · suite 6p. 63
  • Mrs Edith K Carsona caretaker at Chelsworth Block · householder · suite 1p. 99
  • Reginald Lakea branch manager at Safeway · householder · suite 5p. 334
  • George B Webba compositor at Clarke & Stuart · householder · suite 8p. 646
  • Clara Whitfieldwidow of S A · householder · suite 3p. 657
  • Sam U Whitinga salesman · householder · suite 2p. 657

Also under the Moxon name

  • Moxon (no first name printed)householder · suite 7p. 446
  • Ron A Whitfielda driver at Hoy's Crescent Dairy · lives here · suite 3p. 657
  • Jack S Whitinga clerk at the BC Electric Railway · lives here · suite 2p. 657

The 1500 block of Yew Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Yew Street are read from every directory, 1905 to 1955.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

YEW

  1. 1540Suffolk Block aptsp. 170
  2. 15401Carson Mrs E Kp. 170
  3. 15402Whiting S Up. 170
  4. 15403Whitfield Mrs Cp. 170
  5. 15404Bailey T Lp. 170
  6. 15405Lake Rp. 170
  7. 15406Brand J Rp. 170
  8. 15407Moxon Mrs —p. 170
  9. 15408Webb G Bp. 170

Names

  1. Bailey T Lloyd dogger R & H Sawmills h4, 1540 Yewp. 25
  2. Brand Jos R lab Greater Van Water Dist h6, 1540 Yewp. 63
  3. Brand Josie studt r6, 1540 Yewp. 63
  4. Carson Mrs Edith K caretkr Chelsworth Blk h1, 1540 Yewp. 99
  5. Lake Regd br mgr Safeway h5, 1540 Yewp. 334
  6. Webb Geo B comp Clarke & Stuart h8, 1540 Yewp. 646
  7. Whitfield Clara wid S A h3, 1540 Yewp. 657
  8. Whiting Sam U slsmn h2, 1540 Yewp. 657
  9. Moxon Mrs — h7, 1540 Yewp. 446
  10. Whitfield Ron A drvr Hoy's Crescent Dairy r3, 1540 Yewp. 657
  11. Whiting Jack S clk BCER r2, 1540 Yewp. 657
The lines for 1540 Yew 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

1540 Yew Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 1546 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1910 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 2016–2022Licensed as an apartment house.

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 1500 block of Yew Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1540 marked
The 1500 block of Yew Street, between Walkway and York Avenue, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1540, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1500 block in 1940

Yew Street between Walkway and York Avenue, 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.

Yew Street, the 1500 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 1500 block of Yew Street

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1540 Yew Street, Kitsilano, 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.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1540-yew, 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.