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West End, Vancouver

1835 Barclay Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1835 Barclay Street is The Waldron, an apartment building, with twelve suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 13 people here: Lorna D Banks, widow of F; James A Card, a service manager at Ford Motor; and eleven others. It lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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16
people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Rebuilt in 1986
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • 13 linesThe Waldron and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Lorna D Bankswidow of F · householder · suite 4p. 30
  • James A Carda service manager at Ford Motor · householder · suite 8p. 96
  • Robert A Cochraneretired · householder · suite 6p. 117
  • Thomas F Daggsa president at Pryce Securities and North Taber Exploration · householder · suite 12p. 145
  • Robert A C Douglasa barrister at Robertson Douglas & Symes · householder · suite 2p. 166
  • James D Forreston active service · householder · suite 3p. 203
  • Mrs Frances Harviehouseholder · suite 5p. 259
  • Robert C McEwena caretaker at The Waldron · householder · suite 14p. 375
  • Ethel C McKenziewidow of W A · householder · suite 9p. 384
  • Harry L Manna bookkeeper at Gault Bros · householder · suite 1p. 409
  • John N Scotta clerk at the BC Government · householder · suite 10p. 548
  • Mary Westwoodwho worked for the YWCA · householder · suite 11p. 653

Also under the McKenzie name

  • Barbara A R McKenziea clerk at the Imperial Bank · lives here · suite 9p. 384

Also at this address

  • Three 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.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BARCLAY

  1. 1835Waldron (The) aptsp. 9
  2. 18351Mann H Lp. 9
  3. 18352Douglas R A Cp. 9
  4. 18353Forrest J Dp. 9
  5. 18354Banks Mrs L Dp. 9
  6. 18355Harvie Mrs Fp. 9
  7. 18356Cochrane R Ap. 9
  8. 18358Card J Ap. 9
  9. 18359McKenzie Mrs E Cp. 9
  10. 183510Scott J Np. 9
  11. 183511Westwood Miss Mp. 9
  12. 183512Daggs T Fp. 9
  13. 183514McEwen R Cp. 9

Names

  1. Banks Lorna D wid F h4, 1835 Barclayp. 30
  2. Card Jas A serv mgr Ford Motor h8, 1835 Barclayp. 96
  3. Cochrane Robt A retired h6, 1835 Barclayp. 117
  4. Daggs Thos F pres Pryce Secur and North Taber Exploration h12, 1835 Barclayp. 145
  5. Douglas Robt A C barr Robertson Douglas & Symes h2, 1835 Barclayp. 166
  6. Forrest Jas D act serv h3, 1835 Barclayp. 203
  7. Harvie Mrs Frances h5, 1835 Barclayp. 259
  8. McEwen Robt C caretkr The Waldron h14, 1835 Barclayp. 375
  9. McKenzie Ethel C wid W A h9, 1835 Barclayp. 384
  10. Mann Harry L bkpr Gault Bros h1, 1835 Barclayp. 409
  11. Scott John N clk BC Govt h10, 1835 Barclayp. 548
  12. Westwood Mary girls wk sec YWCA h11, 1835 Barclayp. 653
  13. McKenzie Barbara A R clk Imp Bk r9, 1835 Barclayp. 384
The lines for 1835 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.

The building today

A newer building, dated 1986 by the City, has the address now: the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws here is gone, replaced after the 1940 directory; the nearest that still stands is 1860, on the heritage register, on the other side of the street, the only one on the block. A permit to build miscellaneous was taken out in July 1927 by Moxam & Tod Ltd, owner and builder: architect Richard Thomas Perry, $50,000.

Since 1940

  1. 1986Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

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 1800 block of Barclay Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1835 marked
The 1800 block of Barclay Street, between Denman and Gilford Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1835, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws one wood-frame building on the lot at 1835. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1800 block in 1940

Barclay Street between Denman and Gilford 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 1800 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 1800 block of Barclay Street

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1835 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1986, by the City's record.

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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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.