Strathcona, Vancouver

240 Raymur Avenue

In the 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920 and 1940 city directories.

The 1920 directory lists 240 Raymur Avenue as vacant.

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First listed 1915
the 1905 directory lists the block but not 240: a hint the house came later a hint
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1905

The 1905 directory lists Raymur Avenue but not 240.

Raymur Avenue is read from the 1905 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1910

The 1910 directory lists Raymur Avenue but not 240.

Raymur Avenue is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1915

The directory lists the address as vacant.

Raymur Avenue is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.

1915Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory

Streets

RAYMUR

  1. 240Vacantp. 140
The lines for 240 Raymur Avenue in the 1915 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1920

The directory lists the address as vacant.

Raymur Avenue is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.

1920Henderson's Vancouver Directory

Streets

RAYMUR

  1. 240Vacantp. 127
The lines for 240 Raymur Avenue in the 1920 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1940

The 1940 directory lists Raymur Avenue but not 240.

Raymur Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The house today

Not one of the six addresses the 1920 directory lists on the 200 block of Raymur Avenue is on the City's list today, so the building at 240 is probably gone (inferred).

The 200 block, year by year

Raymur Avenue ending at East Cordova Street, Strathcona: every door each year we've read lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red. Pick a year to read who lived at every door.

Who stayed on the 200 block: of the addresses with a named household in both years, how many had the same surname in the later one. A filled house kept its family.

Raymur Avenue, block by block

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240 Raymur Avenue, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1915 and 1920 city directories. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/240-raymur-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The city directories of 1905 (Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory), 1910 (Henderson's City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory Part 1), 1915 (Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory), 1920 (Henderson's Vancouver Directory) and 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections where both are read, 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.