In 1940, 2025 Cornwall Avenue is Cornwall Apartments, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists nine people here: M H Barnes; John E Bergin, a superintendent at Goodyear Moving & Storage; and seven others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: J Jackson. Its name section lists two more people here under other surnames too.
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- 12
- people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1913
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- ten linesCornwall Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside
The household
- M H Barneshouseholder · suite 3p. 32
- John E Bergina superintendent at Goodyear Moving & Storage · householder · suite 1p. 44
- Frank J Byrnea clerk at Cassidy's · householder · suite 8p. 85
- Jane E McDonaldwidow of D F · householder · suite 2p. 371
- Abraham Matoffproprietor of Fur Sales · householder · suite 5p. 420
- Sterling M Maysmitha salesman · householder · suite 7p. 423
- John M Moona clerk at the Royal Bank · householder · suite 6p. 438
- Hugh W Taita shipper at Massey-Harris · householder · suite 17p. 600
Also under the Macdonald name
- Lewis P Macdonalda barrister · lives here · suite 2p. 372
Only in the street section
- J Jacksonsuite 4p. 37
Also at this address
- Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Cornwall Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Cornwall Street; every number it gives sits on today's Cornwall Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
CORNWALL
- 2025Cornwall Aptsp. 37
- 20251Bergin Jp. 37
- 20252Macdonald Mrs J Ep. 37
- 20253Barnes M Hp. 37
- 20254Jackson Jp. 37
- 20255Matoff Ap. 37
- 20256Moon J Mp. 37
- 20257Maysmith S Mp. 37
- 20258Byrne F Jp. 37
- 202517Tait H Wp. 37
Names
- Barnes M H h3, 2025 Cornwallp. 32
- Bergin John E supt Goodyear Moving & Stge h1, 2025 Cornwallp. 44
- Byrne Frank J clk Cassidy's h8, 2025 Cornwallp. 85
- McDonald Jane E wid D F h2, 2025 Cornwallp. 371
- Matoff Abr prop Fur Sales h5, 2025 Cornwallp. 420
- Maysmith Sterling M slsmn h7, 2025 Cornwallp. 423
- Moon John M clk Royal Bk h6, 2025 Cornwallp. 438
- Tait Hugh W shpr Massey-Harris h17, 2025 Cornwallp. 600
- Macdonald Lewis P barr 826, 736 Granville r2, 2025 Cornwallp. 372
The building today
2025 Cornwall Avenue still has a building from before 1946, the only one left on the 2000 block of Cornwall Avenue; the City's assessment record gives 1913 as its year built.
The 2000 block in 1940
Cornwall Avenue between Maple and Arbutus Streets, 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.
Cornwall Avenue, the 2000 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)
North side, odd numbers
South side, even numbers
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2025 Cornwall Avenue, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1913 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2025-cornwall-avenue, 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.