In 1940 the canvasser found 1872 West Georgia Street occupied but took no name; its name section adds one person here under another surname.
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- 1
- person the 1940 directory lists here, named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
West Georgia Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
Not one of the 19 addresses the 1940 directory lists on the 1800 block of West Georgia Street is on the City's list today, so the building at 1872 is probably gone (inferred).
The 1800 block in 1940
West Georgia Street, 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.
West Georgia 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)
East side, odd numbers
West side, even numbers
- 1802Royal Bankgone
- 1806Barr's Fountain Lunchgone
- 1808Purcell Hall +1gone
- 1814Phillips A Hgone
- 1820Dunn Miss A Wgone
- 1830Outboard Motor Supplygone
- 1832Magnet Elec +1gone
- 1840Coast Quarries +5gone
- 1852Davidson's Laminated Ski Fctygone
- 1854McDonald J Mgone
- 1864Maddison A Agone
- 1872occupied, no name givengone
- 1876*Clayworth Miss A Mgone
- 1888Stewart Mrs E Bgone
- 1896Greenich Tea Rooms +1gone
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1872 West Georgia Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1872-west-georgia, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 1872 West Georgia Street
Every directory, as one book
The book reads this address in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: who lived here year by year, their work from the name sections, with the one person here in 1940 under another surname whom this page doesn't name, the block around it, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.