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Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

1851 Adanac Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1851 Adanac Street is Ferndale Apartments, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists four people here: Stan V Brown, a serviceman at Murray's; Robert J Glazebrook, a shipwright at the Burrard Dry Dock; and two others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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5
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1921
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • Ferndale Apartmentsp. 2
  • J R Holdensuite 1p. 2
  • S V Brownsuite 2p. 2
  • L D Whalensuite 3p. 2
  • R J Glazebrooksuite 4p. 2

The household

  • Stan V Browna serviceman at Murray's · householder · suite 2p. 74
  • Robert J Glazebrooka shipwright at the Burrard Dry Dock · householder · suite 4p. 226
  • John R Holdena waiter at Canadian National Steamships · householder · suite 1p. 277
  • Lloyd D Whalena millworker · householder · suite 3p. 653

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ADANAC

  1. 1851Ferndale Apartmentsp. 2
  2. 18511Holden J Rp. 2
  3. 18512Brown S Vp. 2
  4. 18513Whalen L Dp. 2
  5. 18514Glazebrook R Jp. 2

Names

  1. Brown Stan V servmn Murray's h2, 1851 Adanacp. 74
  2. Glazebrook Robt J shpwrt Burrard Dry Dock h4, 1851 Adanacp. 226
  3. Holden John R waiter CNSS h1, 1851 Adanacp. 277
  4. Whalen Lloyd D mlwkr h3, 1851 Adanacp. 653
The lines for 1851 Adanac 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

1851 Adanac Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 1857 next door; Goad's 1912 map shows no building at the street end of the lot, so this one, which the City dates to 1921, went up after it. A permit to build miscellaneous was taken out in November 1921 by Kitsilano Investment Company: builder A W Pemberton, architect Maclure & Lort, $7,500.

Since 1940

  1. 1997–2014Licensed 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 1800 block of Adanac Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1851 marked
The 1800 block of Adanac Street, between Salsbury and Victoria Drives, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1851, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 1851. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1800 block in 1940

Adanac Street between Salsbury and Victoria 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.

Adanac 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 Adanac Street

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1851 Adanac Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1921 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1851-adanac, 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. 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.