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2339 Yew Street

A wood-frame house in Kitsilano, standing by 1912. Every directory we checked finds a different household: a widow in 1925, a salesman and his wife in 1935, and in 1945 the owner of a cab company.

Not in the directory1905
Braham Wm J1915Witcherley M A1925Scott R1935*Manning D J1945A householdnames after 1945 withheld1955
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1910
built, by the City's record
4
households named, 1915–1945
Still standing
today, by the City's records

The house

Yew Street isn't in the 1905 directory. By 1912 the fire insurance map shows a wood-frame house on this lot, and in 1915 the directory lists five houses on the west side of the 2300 block, 2339 among them. The City's assessment record gives 1910 as the year built.

Of the nine houses on the block listed in 1945, four still stand: 2311, 2321, 2339 and 2343.

The block around it

In 1915 only the west side of the 2300 block is built: five houses. By 1925 the directory lists three on the east side too.

Unlike Strathcona's long family runs, no surname on this block lasts from one directory to the next between 1915 and 1945.

1912 fire insurance map of Yew Street in Kitsilano, with 2339 marked
Yew Street in 1912. The 1912 map gives these Yew lots no house numbers; we placed the marker from the City's address point for 2339 today. Goad's Fire Insurance Map, 1912, georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The circle marks the address.

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)
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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

1915
  • Braham Wm J

The householder. The name section gives no work for him.

Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, p. 173

1925
  • Witcherley M A

Marie M Witcherley, a widow, is the householder; James Witcherley lives with her.

Reader's note: Printed "2539"; its place in the street's order makes it 2339.

Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory, p. 135

1935
  • Scott R

Robert D Scott, a salesman, and his wife Muriel.

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, p. 161

1945
  • *Manning D J

Daniel J Manning, owner of Seymour Cabs, and his wife Dorothy. Vernon J Manning, a mechanic at F Deeley, lives here too.

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, p. 159

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.