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2103 Powell Street

In the 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920 and 1940 city directories.

The 1905 directory prints “Japanese” at 2103 Powell Street instead of names. For many Chinese, Japanese and other residents, the canvassers printed a group label like this instead of their names.

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Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1905

The directory prints “Japanese” here instead of names.

Powell Street is read from the 1905 directory's street section, line by line.

1905Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory

Streets

POWELL

2103Japanesep. 89

The lines for 2103 Powell Street in the 1905 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1910

The 1910 directory lists Powell Street but not 2103.

Powell Street is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1915

The 1915 directory lists Powell Street but not 2103.

Powell Street is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1920

The 1920 directory lists Powell Street but not 2103.

Powell Street is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1940

The 1940 directory lists Powell Street but not 2103.

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

The house today

Not one of the 29 addresses the 1905 directory lists on the 2100 block of Powell Street is on the City's list today, so the building at 2103 is probably gone (inferred).

The 2100 block, year by year

Powell Street, Grandview-Woodland: every door each year we've read lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red. Pick a year to read who lived at every door.

Powell Street, the 2100 blockas the 1920 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 1940 directory lists no one on this block.

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

Who stayed on the 2100 block: of the addresses with a named household in both years, how many had the same surname in the later one. A filled house kept its family.

The 2100 block of Powell Street

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2103 Powell Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1905 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2103-powell, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The city directories of 1905 (Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory), 1910 (Henderson's City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory Part 1), 1915 (Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory), 1920 (Henderson's Vancouver Directory) and 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections where both are read, 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.