Florence Culpin, widow of J C V, kept the house at 2135 East 44th Avenue in 1940.
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- 1
- person the 1940 directory lists here
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1912
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- Florence Culpinwidow of J C V · householderp. 142
East 44th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
EAST 44TH
Names
The house today
2135 East 44th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, one of two on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.
The 2100 block in 1940
East 44th Avenue, on the stretch it shares with the 2000 block, between Victoria Drive and Gladstone Street, Victoria-Fraserview: 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.
East 44th Avenue, the 2100 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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2135 East 44th Avenue, Victoria-Fraserview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2135-east-44th-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.