1940 Arbutus Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1940 Arbutus Street is Acorn Apartments, with seven suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists nine people here: Michael Deeny, a fireman at Vancouver Breweries; Della V Garland, a bookkeeper; and seven others. It lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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12: people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Still standing: on the Heritage Register, category B
1912: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

Acorn Apartmentsp. 6
L H Greensuite 1p. 6
Mrs E M Grievesuite 2p. 6
R Shepherdsuite 3p. 6
M Deenysuite 4p. 6
J F Tideringtonsuite 6p. 6
Miss D V Garlandsuite 7p. 6
W Maskellsuite 8p. 6

The household

Michael Deenya fireman at Vancouver Breweries · householder · suite 4p. 154
Della V Garlanda bookkeeper · householder · suite 7p. 216
Leslie H Greena manager for Olympic Recreations · householder · suite 1p. 239
Elizabeth M Grievewidow of W H · householder · suite 2p. 241
William Maskellwho worked for Perfex Manufacturing · householder · suite 8p. 418
Robert Shepherdhouseholder · suite 3p. 556
James F Tideringtona notary public · householder · suite 6p. 613

Also under the Shepherd name

Margaret Shepherdwidow of J · lives here · suite 3p. 556
Anne I A Tideringtonan operator at the BC Telephone · lives here · suite 6p. 612

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ARBUTUS

Names

The lines for 1940 Arbutus 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

1940 Arbutus Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 1930 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.

Since 1940

1997–2024Licensed 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 1900 block of Arbutus Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1940 marked — The 1900 block of Arbutus Street, between West 3rd and West 4th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1940, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1900 block in 1940

Arbutus Street between West 3rd and West 4th Avenues, Kitsilano: 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.

Arbutus Street, the 1900 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)

West side, odd numbers

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

East side, even numbers

The 1900 block of Arbutus Street

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1940 Arbutus Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1940-arbutus, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.