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West End, Vancouver

1860 Barclay Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The BC Electric Railway employed Gerald S Dawson as an engineer, who headed the household at 1860 Barclay Street in 1940.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1901
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Gerald S Dawsonan engineer at the BC Electric Railway · householderp. 153

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BARCLAY

  1. 1860Dawson G Sp. 9

Names

  1. Dawson Gerald S eng BCER h1860 Barclayp. 153
The lines for 1860 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 house today

1860 Barclay Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), the only one left on the 1800 block of Barclay Street; its permit dates from 1901 and the City's record from 1901, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build a frame dwelling, stone foundation (the register's number: “ or 1860”) was taken out in November 1901 by J (Mr) Mason: builder J MacLean, $1,600. (inferred) (the register's number for it is uncertain, but the lot it gives is this address's lot today)

Since 1940

  1. 1985A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 1990A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  3. TodayProtected by the City's municipal designation.

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 1860 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 1860, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws four buildings on the lot at 1860; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. 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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1860 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1901 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1860-barclay, 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.