The McDowall family owned 2057 Creelman Avenue by the 1940 directory's mark, and two of them are listed here: Hugh McDowall, a poultry & egg buyer; and Olive McDowall, a student.
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- 2
- people the 1940 directory lists here
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Rebuilt in 2019
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Hugh McDowalla poultry & egg buyer · householderp. 374
Also under the McDowall name
- Olive McDowalla student · lives herep. 374
Creelman Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
CREELMAN
Names
The house today
Goad's 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 2057, and the building the 1940 directory knew is gone too: the City dates the one there now to 2019; next door, 2065 still has its building from before 1946, one of nine on the block. A permit to build a house was taken out in October 1923 by Miss M Quinn: builder J Carlson, architect Franklin Cross, $3,500.
Since 1940
- 2019A building permit for a new building, valued at $600,302 (DB-2018-02022).
- 2019A building permit for demolition, valued at $15,000 (BP-2018-02023).
- 2019Today'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 2000 block in 1940
Creelman 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.
Creelman 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
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2057 Creelman Avenue, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2019, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2057-creelman-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. 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.