1546 Yew Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1546 Yew Street is The Inverness, an apartment building, with seven suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eight people here: Helen Clark, widow of W; Edward E Coxwell; and six others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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9: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1910: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

The Invernessapartmentsp. 170
A Ramsaysuite 1p. 170
Mrs H Clarksuite 2p. 170
E E Coxwellsuite 3p. 170
Mrs M E Turnersuite 4p. 170
A J MacDonaldsuite 6p. 170
R J Lenaghansuite 7p. 170
S McKenziesuite 8p. 170

The household

Helen Clarkwidow of W · householder · suite 2p. 112
Edward E Coxwellhouseholder · suite 3p. 135
Robert J Lenaghanon active service · householder · suite 7p. 345
Andrew J MacDonalda porter at Spenp. 369
Sam McKenziea linotype layer · householder · suite 8p. 385
Alex Ramsaya warehouseman at the Northern Electric · householder · suite 1p. 510
Maud E Turnerwidow of F A · householder · suite 4p. 622

Also under the Clark name

Beatrice C Clarka nurse · lives here · suite 2p. 111

Also at this address

One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

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

Names

The lines for 1546 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

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

Since 1940

1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).

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 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

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

The 1500 block of Yew Street

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1546 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/1546-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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.