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1732 Franklin Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists six suites and households at 1732 Franklin Street. Its name section lists eight people here: Ian L Barker, a floor layer; Lewis D Hutchinson, a laborer; and six others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: W H Ross. 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
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Mrs I Osbornsuite 1p. 51
I L Barkersuite 2p. 51
O Wikersuite 4p. 51
W H Rosssuite 5p. 51
E Towlersuite 7p. 51
L D Hutchinsonsuite 8p. 51

The household

Ian L Barkera floor layer · householder · suite 2p. 31
Lewis D Hutchinsona laborer · householder · suite 8p. 292
Isabelle Osbornwidow of A · householder · suite 1p. 473
Ernest Towlera packer at Cowan-Dodson · householder · suite 7p. 616
Ole Wikera pipelayer at the City of Vancouver · householder · suite 4p. 659

Also under the Osborn name

Lillian M Osborna waitress at Fred's Lunch · lives here · suite 1p. 473
Gladys Wikerlives here · suite 4p. 659
Mabel Wikera domestic · lives here · suite 4p. 659

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

FRANKLIN

Names

The lines for 1732 Franklin 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.

The house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1732 Franklin Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 1719, on the other side of the street, the only one on the block.

The 1700 block in 1940

Franklin Street between Commercial and Salsbury Drives, 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.

Franklin Street, 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)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

The 1700 block of Franklin Street

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1732 Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1732-franklin, 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.