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Kitsilano, Vancouver

2242 Balaclava Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Five of the Horner household are listed at 2242 Balaclava Street in 1940: Thomas I A Horner; Eric Horner, a radio technician at Columbia Piano House; Geoffrey Horner, a bookkeeper at Burns & Co; and two others.

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5
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1912
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Thomas I A Hornerhouseholderp. 282

Also under the Horner name

  • Eric Hornera radio technician at Columbia Piano House · lives herep. 282
  • Geoffrey Hornera bookkeeper at Burns & Co · lives herep. 282
  • Irene N Hornera stenographer at the Strand Theatre · lives herep. 282
  • Leslie Hornera mechanic · lives herep. 282

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BALACLAVA

  1. 2242Horner T I Ap. 7

Names

  1. Horner Thos I A h2242 Balaclavap. 282
  2. Horner Eric radio techn Columbia Piano Hse r2242 Balaclavap. 282
  3. Horner Geof bkpr Burns & Co r2242 Balaclavap. 282
  4. Horner Irene N sten Strand Thea r2242 Balaclavap. 282
  5. Horner Leslie mech r2242 Balaclavap. 282
The lines for 2242 Balaclava Street 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 house today

2242 Balaclava Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2240 next door; its permit dates from 1912 and the City's record from 1912, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build a house (the register's number: “2342 or 2242”) was taken out in October 1912 by Edgar W Falls, owner and builder: $3,000. (inferred) (the register's number for it is uncertain, but the lot it gives is this address's lot today)

Since 1940

  1. 1970A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 2023A building permit for alterations, valued at $325,000 (BP-2022-04568).

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 2200 block of Balaclava Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2242 marked
The 2200 block of Balaclava Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2300 block, between West 6th and West 8th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2242, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws one wood-frame building on the lot at 2242. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2200 block in 1940

Balaclava Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2300 block, between West 6th and West 8th Avenues, 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.

Balaclava Street, 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)

The 2200 block of Balaclava Street

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2242 Balaclava Street, Kitsilano, 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/2242-balaclava, 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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.