Vancouver / East 23rd Avenue / Riley Park

Riley Park, Vancouver

217 East 23rd Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 217 East 23rd Avenue is Trousdale Block, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists seven people here: Angus A Brown, a warehouseman at McIntosh Warehouse; Mrs Laura J McGillvray; and five others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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8
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Angus A Browna warehouseman at McIntosh Warehouse · householder · suite 3p. 72
  • Mrs Laura J McGillvrayhouseholder · suite 4p. 377
  • Joseph Smitha laborer · householder · suite 1p. 571

Also under the Cox name

  • Coxhouseholder · suite 2p. 135
  • Archibald A McGillvrayan apprentice for A R Williams · lives here · suite 4p. 377
  • Elizabeth Smitha maid · lives here · suite 1p. 569
  • Robert W Smithlives here · suite 1p. 573

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

East 23rd Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST 23RD

  1. 217Trousdale Blk aptsp. 236
  2. 2171Smith Jp. 236
  3. 2172Coxp. 236
  4. 2173Brown Ap. 236
  5. 2174McGillivray Mrs L Jp. 236

Names

  1. Brown Angus A whsmn McIntosh Whse h3, 217 East 23rdp. 72
  2. McGillvray Mrs Laura J h4, 217 East 23rdp. 377
  3. Smith Jos lab h1, 217 East 23rdp. 571
  4. Cox h2, 217 East 23rdp. 135
  5. McGillvray Arch A appr A R Williams r4, 217 East 23rdp. 377
  6. Smith Eliz maid r1, 217 East 23rdp. 569
  7. Smith Robt W r1, 217 East 23rdp. 573
The lines for 217 East 23rd Avenue in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 217 East 23rd Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 229 still has its building from before 1946, one of 15 on the block.

The 200 block in 1940

East 23rd Avenue between Main and Sophia Streets, Riley Park: 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 23rd Avenue, the 200 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)

The 200 block of East 23rd Avenue

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217 East 23rd Avenue, Riley Park, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/217-east-23rd-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.