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Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

1683 Venables Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1683 Venables Street is Pretty Apartments, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists seven people here: Mrs Helen Deptford; Jane A Hardy, widow of J; and five others. The street section prints two more names the name section doesn't list: H D Petersen and H Pedersen. Its name section lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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11
people the 1940 directory lists here, two 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

  • ten linesPretty Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Mrs Helen Deptfordhouseholder · suite 7p. 157
  • Jane A Hardywidow of J · householder · suite 8p. 254
  • Gus Pearsona logger · householder · suite 2p. 486
  • Andrew Portera conductor at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 6p. 499
  • Beatrice M Prettywidow of F W · householder · suite 3p. 503
  • Daniel A E Whiteforda mechanic · householder · suite 9p. 656
  • William S Wookeya salesman · householder · suite 4p. 674

Only in the street section

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

VENABLES

  1. 1683Pretty Apartmentsp. 160
  2. 16831Petersen H Dp. 160
  3. 16832Pearson Gp. 160
  4. 16833*Pretty Mrs B Mp. 160
  5. 16834Wookey W Sp. 160
  6. 16835Pedersen Hp. 160
  7. 16836Porter Ap. 160
  8. 16837Deptford Mrs Hp. 160
  9. 16838Hardy Mrs J Ap. 160
  10. 16839Whiteford D A Ep. 160

Names

  1. Deptford Mrs Helen h7, 1683 Venablesp. 157
  2. Hardy Jane A wid J h8, 1683 Venablesp. 254
  3. Pearson Gus logr h2, 1683 Venablesp. 486
  4. Porter Andw cond BCER h6, 1683 Venablesp. 499
  5. Pretty Beatrice M wid F W prop Pretty Apts h3, 1683 Venablesp. 503
  6. Whiteford Danl A E mech h9, 1683 Venablesp. 656
  7. Wookey Wm S slsmn h4, 1683 Venablesp. 674
The lines for 1683 Venables 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 building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1683 Venables Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 1654, on the other side of the street, one of two on the block.

The 1600 block in 1940

Venables Street between Woodland Drive and Commercial Div North, Grandview-Woodland: 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.

Venables 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 Venables Street

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1683 Venables Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1683-venables, 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.