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2120 Powell Street

In the 1910 city directory, of the nine we've read for Powell Street.

John L Pratt, in real estate, is listed at 2120 Powell Street in 1910. The later directories we've read, 1915 to 1945, list Powell Street but not 2120.

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1: person the 1910 directory lists here
First listed 1910: the 1905 directory lists the block but not 2120 (a hint the house came later)
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1905

The 1905 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

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

In 1910

The street section

John L Prattreal estatep. 160

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

1910Henderson's City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory Part 1

Streets

POWELL

2120Pratt John L real estp. 160

The lines for 2120 Powell Street in the 1910 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1915

The 1915 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

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

In 1920

The 1920 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

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

In 1925

The 1925 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

Powell Street is read from the 1925 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1930

The 1930 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

Powell Street is read from the 1930 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

In 1935

The 1935 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

Powell Street is read from the 1935 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1940

The 1940 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

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

In 1945

The 1945 directory lists Powell Street but not 2120.

Powell Street is read from the 1945 directory's street section, line by line.

The house today

Not one of the 29 addresses the 1910 directory lists on the 2100 block of Powell Street is on the City's list today, so the building at 2120 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 1945 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 1925 directory lists no one on this block.

The 1930 directory lists no one on this block.

The 1935 directory lists no one on this block.

The 1940 directory lists no one on this block.

The 1945 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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2120 Powell Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1910 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2120-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), 1925 (Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory), 1930 (Wrigley's British Columbia Directory), 1935 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory) and 1945 (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.