West End, Vancouver

1649 Barclay Street

In the 1940 city directory.

St Helier and A F Hodges are listed at 1649 Barclay Street in 1940, as two households. Its name section gives both in full: St Helier, who kept rooms to let; and Archibald F Hodges, an electrician. Its name section also lists two more people here: Mrs Edith C Hodges, proprietor of St Helier; and Ron G R Hodges. It lists seven more people here under other surnames too.

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11
people the 1940 directory lists here, seven of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • St Helierrooms to letp. 9
  • A F Hodgesmarked *p. 9

The household

  • Archibald F Hodgesan electrician · householderp. 275

Also under the Hodges name

  • Mrs Edith C Hodgesproprietor of St Helier · lives herep. 275
  • Ron G R Hodgeslives herep. 275
  • St Helierwho kept rooms to letp. 540

Also at this address

  • Seven more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

Barclay Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The lines for 1649 Barclay 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1649 Barclay Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); no building from before 1946 is left on the 1600 block of Barclay Street, and across the street the City dates 1650's to 1956.

The 1600 block in 1940

Barclay Street between Cardero and Bidwell Streets, West End: 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.

Barclay Street, 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)

The 1600 block of Barclay Street

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1649 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1649-barclay, 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.