Gertrude A Gatenby, widow of A R, kept the house at 1721 Cotton Drive in 1940, with Lisle B Gatenby, a student at UBC; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.
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- 3
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1913
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- Gertrude A Gatenbywidow of A R · householderp. 218
Also under the Gatenby name
- Lisle B Gatenbya student at UBC · lives herep. 218
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Cotton Drive is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
COTTON DRIVE
Names
The house today
1721 Cotton Drive still has a building from before 1946, as does 1722 across the street; the City dates it to 1913, after the 1912 map, so it may have replaced the wood-frame building drawn there (inferred).
Since 1940
- 2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $720,000 (BP-2017-04670).
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 1700 block in 1940
Cotton Drive, on the stretch it shares with the 1800 block, between East 1st and East 3rd Avenues, 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.
Cotton Drive, the 1700 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)
West side, odd numbers
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1721 Cotton Drive, Grandview-Woodland, 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.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1721-cotton-drive, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 1721 Cotton Drive
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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.