In 1940, 24 Water Street is Grand Hotel, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists six people here: Karl Lackey, proprietor of the Grand Hotel; Helene Lackey, a cashier for Eden Cafe; and four others. It lists 33 more people here under other surnames too.
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- 39
- people the 1940 directory lists here, 33 of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Karl Lackeyproprietor of the Grand Hotel · householderp. 333
Also under the Lackey name
- Helene Lackeya cashier for Eden Cafe · lives herep. 333
- Mary Lackeya waitress for Eden Cafe · lives herep. 333
- Roland Lackeya logger · lives herep. 333
- Rose Lackeylives herep. 333
- William G Lackeylives herep. 333
Also at this address
- 33 more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Water Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WATER
Names
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 24 Water Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 46, on the heritage register, six doors along on the same side, one of five left on the block.
The first block in 1940
Water Street ending at Abbott Street, Downtown: 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.
Water Street, the first 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
South side, even numbers
- 2City Barber Shopgone
- 4Lacolla Jgone
- 6Komei Rooms +1gone
- 8Hygiene Prodsgone
- 18Holland P +1gone
- 20Tower Canadian Ltd +1gone
- 24Grand Hotel +1gone
- 26United Upholgone
- 28Nan's Lunchrebuilt
- 30Terminus Hotelgone
- 32Bryce Ctge +2gone
- 44Scale Shopgone
- 46vacantstands
- 48Hong Wogone
- 50Brown H & Sonsstands
- 52vacantgone
- 54Nugent H M & Cogone
- 56Can Natl Telegsgone
- 68*Lipsett Edward Ltdstands
- 92Mann Lgone
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24 Water Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/24-water, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 24 Water Street
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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.