Vancouver / Robson Street / West End

West End, Vancouver

1860 Robson Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists nine suites and households at 1860 Robson Street. Its name section lists eleven people here: Albert E Gartrell, a longshoreman; Edward Gartrell; and nine others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: C P Chevalie. Its name section lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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15
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

  • nine linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Albert E Gartrella longshoreman · householder · suite 2p. 217
  • Edward Gartrellhouseholder · suite 4p. 217
  • Florence E Latimerhouseholder · suite 6p. 338
  • Florence E McMillana clerk · householder · suite 7p. 395
  • John W Singletona machinist · householder · suite 1p. 564
  • Karl A Stahla vice-consul for Swedish Consulate and proprietor of K A Stahl Steamship Agency · householder · suite 3p. 580
  • E H Salome Townsenda school teacher · householder · suite 8p. 617
  • W Gordon Whitewaya floor manager at Pacific Coast Amusement · householder · suite 5p. 657

Also under the Gartrell name

  • Harold S Gartrella clerk · lives here · suite 4p. 217
  • H Dennis Singletonlives here · suite 1p. 564
  • Violet E Singletonan operator at the BC Telephone · lives here · suite 1p. 564

Only in the street section

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ROBSON

  1. 18601Singleton J Wp. 144
  2. 18602Gartrell A Ep. 144
  3. 18603Stahl K Ap. 144
  4. 18604Gartrell Ep. 144
  5. 18605Whiteway W Gp. 144
  6. 18606Latimer Miss F Ep. 144
  7. 18607McMillan Miss F Ep. 144
  8. 18608Townsend Miss E H Sp. 144
  9. 18609Chevalie C Pp. 144

Names

  1. Gartrell Albt E lngshmn h2, 1860 Robsonp. 217
  2. Gartrell Edw h4, 1860 Robsonp. 217
  3. Latimer Florence E h6, 1860 Robsonp. 338
  4. McMillan Florence E clk h7, 1860 Robsonp. 395
  5. Singleton John W mach h1, 1860 Robsonp. 564
  6. Stahl Karl A v-consul Swedish Consulate and prop K A Stahl Stmshp Agcy h3, 1860 Robsonp. 580
  7. Townsend E H Salome sch tchr Van City h8, 1860 Robsonp. 617
  8. Whiteway W Gordon floor mgr Pac Coast Amusement h5, 1860 Robsonp. 657
  9. Gartrell Harold S clk r4, 1860 Robsonp. 217
  10. Singleton H Dennis r1, 1860 Robsonp. 564
  11. Singleton Violet E opr BC Tel r1, 1860 Robsonp. 564
The lines for 1860 Robson 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 building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 1860 now to 1986; the 1800 block of Robson Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1875, with a building from 1963.

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 in 1940

Robson 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.

Robson 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 Robson Street

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1860 Robson Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1986, by the City's record.

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