Four households in four directories, 1925 to 1945, none of them listed twice, the first C Brown and the last J C Hamilton. In 1940 the name section gives this address for Albert Davey, a salesman at Guernsey Breeders Dairy (page 148; joined to the 1940 listing, where the first name or initials agree, inferred).
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Who lived here
Read every ten years. Each chapter is one surname at this address across the directories, so it can be more than one family; tap a name for its directory page, or follow the name to every address it's printed at. After 1945 the directories' names aren't shown. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).
- Not in the directory1905
- 1915
- I1925
- II1935
- III1940
- IV1945
- VA householdnames after 1945 withheld1955
A ribbon marks the chapters the book adds to: everyone the directory's name section lists at this address that year, with their work, and the page behind every line. See what it holds, or quote this house.
- 1912
- built, by the City's record
- 4
- households named, 1925–1945
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
The house
The City's record dates the house to 1912; after standing vacant in 1915, the address has its first name in 1925: C Brown. By 1935 the Brown name has gone and W Mercer is listed, the name marked * (some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge). By 1940 A Davey is listed in place of the Mercer household, the name marked *. By 1945 J C Hamilton is listed in place of the Davey household.
Since 1955
- 1990A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
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.
Today
2421 Yew Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2415 next door; the City's record dates it to 1912, the map's own year, so it is very likely C, one of the three small wood-frame houses Goad's 1912 map draws on one lot (inferred).
The neighbours
The 2400 block of Yew Street, door by door, the way the directory prints it. This house is marked in red; pick a year to read who lived at every door.
Yew Street, the 2400 blockas the 1905 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1915 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1925 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1935 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1940 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1945 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1955 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 1905 directory lists no one on this block.
West side, odd numbers
East side, even numbers
No east-side addresses in the directories.
- 0of 1
- 0of 3
- 1of 3
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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).
No Yew Street in this directory: Kitsilano not yet settled.
No job on this line: the 1925 directory prints work in its name section, under Brown (near p. 114).
Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory, p. 135
No job on this line: the 1935 directory prints work in its name section, under Mercer (near p. 432).
No job on this line: the 1940 directory prints work in its name section, under Davey (near p. 148).
No job on this line: the 1945 directory prints work in its name section, under Hamilton (near p. 263).
- a household
One listing. Names of residents after 1945 aren't shown; businesses and buildings are.
Quote this house
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2421 Yew Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the city directories from 1915 to 1955. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2421-yew, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The history of
Kitsilano, 1915–1955
The book of 2421 Yew Street
What the book adds to this page
This page, free
- Who the street section lists here, 1925–1945
- The neighbours door by door, one year at a time
- An archive photo of Yew Street
- The lot on the 1912 fire insurance map
- The building today, and each year's page at the library
The book adds
- Each resident's work and employer, line by line from the directories' name section, and one person it lists here that the street section leaves out
- Its four households as chapters, told in our words
- The 2400 block in all seven directories at once, every door
- The page behind every line, both sections, listed at the back
- One book, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give
Its contents
- The house
- Plate I, Yew Street in an archive photoabout 1910
- IBrown, with everyone the name section lists1925
- IIMercer, with everyone the name section lists1935
- IIIDavey, with everyone the name section lists1940
- IVHamilton, with everyone the name section lists1945
- After 19451955
- The 2400 block, decade by decade1905–1955
- Plate II, the 1912 fire insurance map1912
- The house today
- Sources, page by page
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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. Building permits: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930, gives none we can tie to 2421 Yew Street; its database may have one under another number. The photo of Yew Street: City of Vancouver Archives, public domain, credited under it. Filed under this address at the City of Vancouver Archives: 2415-2421 Yew Street, 1978 (CVA 786-32.03; photo, under copyright: view at the Archives). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.