J W L Mills, in retail paints, is the one line the 1940 street section prints at 156 West Cordova Street, and no line in the name section matches it.
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- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- J W L Millsretail paintsp. 37
West Cordova Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 156 West Cordova Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 100 block of West Cordova Street stands from before 1946: two doors along, 160 has a building from 1953.
The 100 block in 1940
West Cordova Street between Abbott and Cambie Streets, Downtown: 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.
West Cordova Street, the 100 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
- 101Harkley & Haywood +1gone
- 103Izen Brosgone
- 107Marble Roomsgone
- 109Hop Kee Lndy +1gone
- 115Woodwards (gar) +4gone
- 151Acme Elec Co +1rebuilt
- 153Beulah Rescue Mission +1gone
- 155Cordova Sec Hd Storegone
- 157Dickson Imptggone
- 167Acme Imptrsgone
- 169Sankey & Griffithsgone
- 171Lloyd P J & Co +1gone
- 173New-Era Imptrsgone
- 175Goodrich B F Rubberrebuilt
- 177Stirling Hotelgone
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156 West Cordova Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/156-west-cordova, 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.