Strathcona, Vancouver

211 Dunlevy Avenue

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

The 1915 directory lists 211 Dunlevy Avenue as vacant.

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First listed 1915
the 1905 directory lists the block but not 211: a hint the house came later a hint
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1905

The 1905 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 211.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1905 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1910

The 1910 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 211.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1915

The directory lists the address as vacant.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.

1915Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory

Streets

DUNLEVY

  1. 21115Vacantp. 46
The lines for 211 Dunlevy Avenue in the 1915 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1920

The 1920 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 211.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1940

The 1940 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 211.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).

The house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 211 Dunlevy Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 255, five doors along on the same side.

The 200 block, year by year

Dunlevy Avenue between Powell and East Cordova Streets, Strathcona: 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.

Dunlevy Avenue, the 200 blockas the 1915 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

East side, even numbers

No east-side addresses in the 1905 and 1910 and 1915 and 1920 and 1940 directories.

Who stayed on the 200 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.

Dunlevy Avenue, block by block

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211 Dunlevy Avenue, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1915 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/211-dunlevy-avenue, 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.