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2327 Yew Street

A house first listed in the 1915 directory. A new name in every directory: four households between 1915 and 1945, none listed twice. It is gone: a newer building, from 1965, has the address.

Not in the directory1905
Bourne Robt H1915Wright N K1925Smedley J1935Harbour E C1945A householdnames after 1945 withheld1955
Read every ten years. A band is one household, joined across directories by surname; tap one for its directory page. After 1945 the directories' names aren't shown.

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by 1915
first listed in the directories
4
households named, 1915–1945
Rebuilt in 1965
today, by the City's records

The house

In 1915 the directory lists Robt H Bourne.

In 1925 the directory lists N K Wright.

In 1935 the directory lists J Smedley.

In 1945 the directory lists E C Harbour.

After 1945 we don't show residents' names: in 1955 the directory lists one household.

Today

The address is still in use, but the City's record dates the building to 1965: the house in these directories is gone.

The neighbours

The 2300 block of Yew Street. Your lot is outlined in red; pick a year to see who the directory lists on every lot.

Yew Street WEST SIDE · ODD EAST SIDE · EVEN 23002399 2305 Yew Street · Gone2305Grey W Pa household2311 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2311Armitage GeoSteeves G*Lawrence C H*Layton A J*a household · photogra…2321 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2321Fitzgerald ClarenceHaywood WProctor C R*Bileski C Ja household +12327 Yew Street · Rebuilt (built 1965, City's figure)2327Bourne Robt HWright N KSmedley JHarbour E Ca household2339 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2339Braham Wm JWitcherley M AScott R*Manning D J*a household2343 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2343Deane ThosDe La Giroday MDavis Mrs MMcEwan F H*a household2310 Yew Street · Gone2310Rathburn A SDennis C GDunn Mrs Ha household2320 Yew Street · Gone2320Swan H LWillis CNicolson J Ba household2330 Yew Street · Gone2330Chasteney G GQuee HForsyth B Ba household2360 Yew Street · Rebuilt (built 1983, City's figure)2360Cottage Conf (The)Not in the 1905 directory
The 2300 block of Yew Street, Kitsilano. Lots are placed by house number.Scroll sideways on a small screen
Pre-1946 building still standsRebuilt after 1945Address gone todayNot matched*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
0 of 51915→25
0 of 81925→35
0 of 81935→45
Who stayed on the 2300 block: of the addresses with a named household in both directories, how many still had the same surname ten years on.

The record

Each directory's listing for this address, as printed, with its page at the Vancouver Public Library. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

1905

No Yew Street in this directory: Kitsilano not yet settled.

Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory

1955
  • a household

One listing. Names of residents after 1945 aren't shown; businesses and buildings are.

Vancouver and New Westminster City Directory, p. 255

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, 1905–1955, street sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each year in the record 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.