Frank C Smith, a manager at F C Smith Litho, headed a household at 1606 East 15th Avenue in 1940 that the directory marks as owning it.
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- 1
- person 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
- 1913
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- Frank C Smitha manager at F C Smith Litho · householderp. 569
East 15th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
EAST 15TH
Names
The house today
1606 East 15th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B); the City's assessment record gives 1913 as its year built.
The 1600 block in 1940
East 15th Avenue between Fleming Street and Commercial Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage: 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 15th Avenue, the 1600 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
No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
South side, even numbers
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1606 East 15th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1913 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1606-east-15th-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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.