In 1940, 2230 Cornwall Avenue is Kenya Court, with five suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eight people here: William E Hickerson, a pressman at Lumberman Printing; Irene Jefferson, a supervisor at the BC Telephone; and six others.
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- 8
- people the 1940 directory lists here
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1926
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- Kenya Courtapartmentsp. 37
- J Pickfordsuite 1p. 37
- W E Hickersonsuite 3p. 37
- R M Logansuite 4p. 37
- Miss I Jeffersonsuite 5p. 37
- Miss M E Thomsonsuite 6p. 37
The household
- William E Hickersona pressman at Lumberman Printing · householder · suite 3p. 270
- Irene Jeffersona supervisor at the BC Telephone · householder · suite 5p. 302
- Robert M Logana superintendent engineer at the Union Steamship Company · householder · suite 4p. 353
- James Pickforda salesman · householder · suite 1p. 494
- Mildred E Thomsona nurse for Dr J W Thomson · householder · suite 6p. 611
Also under the Logan name
Cornwall Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Cornwall Street; every number it gives sits on today's Cornwall Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
CORNWALL
- 2230Kenya Court aptsp. 37
- 22301Pickford Jp. 37
- 22303Hickerson W Ep. 37
- 22304Logan R Mp. 37
- 22305Jefferson Miss Ip. 37
- 22306Thomson Miss M Ep. 37
Names
- Hickerson Wm E prsmn Lumbermn Prntg h3, 2230 Cornwallp. 270
- Jefferson Irene supvr BC Tel h5, 2230 Cornwallp. 302
- Logan Robt M supt eng USS h4, 2230 Cornwallp. 353
- Pickford Jas slsmn h1, 2230 Cornwallp. 494
- Thomson Mildred E nurse Dr J W Thomson h6, 2230 Cornwallp. 611
- Logan Margt C N sch tchr r4, 2230 Cornwallp. 353
- Pickford Mrs Alice C mgr Kenya Court r1, 2230 Cornwallp. 494
- Thomson Winnifred G sch tchr Van City r6, 2230 Cornwallp. 611
The building today
2230 Cornwall Avenue still has a building from before 1946, one of two on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1926 as its year built.
The 2200 block in 1940
Cornwall Avenue between Yew and Vine Streets, Kitsilano: 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.
Cornwall Avenue, the 2200 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
No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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2230 Cornwall Avenue, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1926 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2230-cornwall-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.