Vancouver / Powell Street / Grandview-Woodland

Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

2141 Powell Street

In the 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925 and 1940 city directories.

In 1915 and 1920, the directories list Thomas Moore here. Thomas Moore lived at 2141 Powell Street in 1920.

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1
person the 1920 directory lists here
1915–1920
the Moore name here, in two of the six years we've read
First listed 1915
the 1905 directory lists the block but not 2141: a hint the house came later a hint
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1905

The 1905 directory lists Powell Street but not 2141.

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

In 1910

The 1910 directory lists Powell Street but not 2141.

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

In 1915

The street section

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

1915Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory

Streets

POWELL

  1. 2141Moore Thosp. 135
The lines for 2141 Powell Street in the 1915 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1920

The street section

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

1920Henderson's Vancouver Directory

Streets

POWELL

  1. 2141Moore Thosp. 122
The lines for 2141 Powell Street in the 1920 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1925

The 1925 directory lists Powell Street but not 2141.

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

In 1940

The 1940 directory lists Powell Street but not 2141.

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 1920 directory lists on the 2100 block of Powell Street is on the City's list today, so the building at 2141 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 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 1925 directory lists no one on this block.

The 1940 directory lists no one on this block.

North side, odd numbers

  1. 2101“Japanese”not listednot listednot listednot listednot listedgone
  2. 2103“Japanese”not listednot listednot listednot listednot listedgone
  3. 2107vacantHeaps Johnnot listednot listednot listednot listedgone
  4. 2111Beasley, JohnFlanders Cyrusnot listednot listednot listednot listedgone
  5. 2113Docherty PeterSealey Theo F Wnot listednot listedgone
  6. 2119McIlroy Wallacenot listednot listednot listedgone
  7. 2135Lattimore G AlexGellett Thos Gnot listednot listedgone
  8. 2141Moore ThosMoore Thosnot listednot listedgone
  9. 2147Hynek IgrelsGriswold Dwightnot listednot listedgone
  10. 2151Heaps & Co.not listednot listednot listednot listednot listedgone
  11. 2159Sulley, William jrSulley William Jrnot listednot listednot listednot listedgone
  12. 2165vacantvacantnot listednot listedgone
  13. 2167“Japanese”Sinara Mnot listednot listedgone
  14. 2169“Japanese”not listednot listednot listedgone
  15. 2171vacantnot listednot listedgone
  16. 2173Vacant store +1vacantnot listednot listedgone
  17. 2175vacantvacantnot listednot listedgone
  18. 2177Maple Leaf GroceryJensen Jamesnot listednot listedgone
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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2141 Powell Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1915 and 1920 city directories. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2141-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) 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.