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Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver

1657 East 12th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1657 East 12th Avenue is Elliott Block, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists ten people here: Edward C Garner, a caretaker at Elliott Block; Elizabeth M Harrison; and eight others.

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10
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1912
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • ten linesElliott Block and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Edward C Garnera caretaker at Elliott Block · householder · suite 9p. 216
  • Elizabeth M Harrisonhouseholder · suite 6p. 257
  • Mrs Hazel E Huberthouseholder · suite 5p. 286
  • R L Maviusa clerk at the BC Government · householder · suite 1p. 421
  • James P Murraya bolt maker at Pacific Bolt · householder · suite 2p. 450
  • Albany J Robinsona welder for J W Patterson · householder · suite 4p. 526
  • John B Rountreeproprietor of Grandview Drug Store · householder · suite 7p. 534
  • Tom Sweetretired · householder · suite 8p. 598
  • Harry Willoughbya clerk for Kelly Douglas · householder · suite 3p. 664

Also under the Harrison name

  • Jane Harrisonwho worked for the BC Telephone · lives here · suite 6p. 257

East 12th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST 12TH

  1. 1657Elliott Block aptsp. 206
  2. 16571Mavius R Lp. 206
  3. 16572Murray J Pp. 206
  4. 16573Willoughby Hp. 206
  5. 16574Robinson A Jp. 206
  6. 16575Hubert Mrs H Ep. 206
  7. 16576Harrison Mrs E Mp. 206
  8. 16577Rountree J Bp. 206
  9. 16578Sweet Tp. 206
  10. 16579Garner E Cp. 206

Names

  1. Garner Edw C caretkr Elliott Blk h9, 1657 East 12thp. 216
  2. Harrison Eliz M wid J W h6, 1657 East 12thp. 257
  3. Hubert Mrs Hazel E h5, 1657 East 12thp. 286
  4. Mavius R L clk BC Govt h1, 1657 East 12thp. 421
  5. Murray Jas P bolt mkr Pac Bolt h2, 1657 East 12thp. 450
  6. Robinson Albany J wldr J W Patterson h4, 1657 East 12thp. 526
  7. Rountree John B prop Grandv Drug Store h7, 1657 East 12thp. 534
  8. Sweet Tom retired h8, 1657 East 12thp. 598
  9. Willoughby Harry clk Kelly Douglas h3, 1657 East 12thp. 664
  10. Harrison Jane emp BC Tel r6, 1657 East 12thp. 257
The lines for 1657 East 12th Avenue 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

1657 East 12th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, as does 1633 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 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 1600 block of East 12th Avenue on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1657 marked
The 1600 block of East 12th Avenue, on the stretch it shares with the 1500 block, between Woodland and Commercial Drives, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1657, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1600 block in 1940

East 12th Avenue, on the stretch it shares with the 1500 block, between Woodland and Commercial Drives, 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 12th 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)

The 1600 block of East 12th Avenue

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1657 East 12th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1657-east-12th-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. 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.