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Fairview, Vancouver

2414 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists eleven suites and households at 2414 Granville Street. Its name section lists ten people here: George A Butcher, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway; Harold E Jarvis, an attendant at Dueck-Nicoll Motors; and eight others.

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10
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1910
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • eleven linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • George A Butchera clerk at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 10p. 84
  • Harold E Jarvisan attendant at Dueck-Nicoll Motors · householder · suite 3p. 301
  • F Ralston Kerra dentist · householder · suite 11p. 321
  • Frederick Noslunda logger · householder · suite 9p. 465
  • Mrs Nancy Parkinsona cashier at Woodward's · householder · suite 6p. 480
  • Ralph F E Parslowof Parslow & Paulson · householder · suite 2p. 481
  • Allan F Pittsa driver at Rollin' Pin Bake Shop · householder · suite 1p. 496
  • Alfred G Saxbya painter & caretaker at The Shelton · householder · suite 5p. 545
  • Julius Shorea president at J Shore Mail Order House · householder · suite 7p. 558
  • Alex Weirretired · householder · suite 12p. 648

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

GRANVILLE

  1. 2414rearShelton aptsp. 67
  2. 24141Pitts A Fp. 67
  3. 24142Parslow R F Ep. 67
  4. 24143Jarvis H Ep. 67
  5. 24145Saxby A Gp. 67
  6. 24146Parkinson Mrs Np. 67
  7. 24147Shore Jp. 67
  8. 24149Noslund Fp. 67
  9. 241410Butcher G Ap. 67
  10. 241411Kerr F Rp. 67
  11. 241412Weir Ap. 67

Names

  1. Butcher Geo A clk BCER h10, 2414 Granvillep. 84
  2. Jarvis Harold E atdt Dueck-Nicoll Motors h3, 2414 Granvillep. 301
  3. Kerr F Ralston dentist 200, 751 Granville h11, 2414 Granvillep. 321
  4. Noslund Fredk logr h9, 2414 Granvillep. 465
  5. Parkinson Mrs Nancy cash Woodwards h6, 2414 Granvillep. 480
  6. Parslow Ralph F E of Parslow & Paulson h2, 2414 Granvillep. 481
  7. Pitts Allan F drvr Rollin' Pin Bake Shop h1, 2414 Granvillep. 496
  8. Saxby Alfd G pntr & caretkr The Shelton h5, 2414 Granvillep. 545
  9. Shore Julius pres J Shore Mail Order Hse h7, 2414 Granvillep. 558
  10. Weir Alex retired h12, 2414 Granvillep. 648
The lines for 2414 Granville 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 building today

2414 Granville Street still has a building from before 1946, one of five on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1910 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).

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 2400 block of Granville Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2414 marked
The 2400 block of Granville Street, between West 8th Avenue and West Broadway, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2414, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2400 block in 1940

Granville Street between West 8th Avenue and West Broadway, Fairview: 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.

Granville Street, the 2400 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 2400 block of Granville Street

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2414 Granville Street, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1910 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2414-granville, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.