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2455 Yew Street

A house first listed in the 1945 directory. One household is named: W E Clampitt, in 1945. The address is gone today.

Not in the directory1905–1935
Clampitt W E1945A householdnames after 1945 withheld1955
Read every ten years. A band is one household, joined across directories by surname; tap one for its directory page. After 1945 the directories' names aren't shown.

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by 1945
first listed in the directories
1
household named, in 1945
Address gone
today, by the City's records
Now part of 2483
Yew Street, the land it stood on inferred

The house

In 1945 the directory lists W E Clampitt.

After 1945 we don't show residents' names: in 1955 the directory lists one household.

Today

The City no longer lists this address. Lots here were merged or redeveloped, so the building is almost certainly gone. On the 1912 fire insurance map it stood on land that is part of 2483 Yew Street today (inferred). We confirmed the number through the heritage register: Goad's 1912: lot 11, after 2421 (lot 10 C) at the Broadway end of the block; lot 11 is the last lot on the west side of the block.

The neighbours

The 2400 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 24002499 2407 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2407vacantRushton J SForsyth J A*Forsyth Miss M W*a household2415 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2415Craig Wm JGwyther VWoodford H A*Massey Mrs M E*a household2421 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2421vacantBrown C*Mercer WHamilton J C*a household2455 Yew Street · Gone2455Clampitt W Ea household2465 Yew Street · Gone2465Easton Fa householdNO EAST-SIDE ADDRESSES IN THE DIRECTORIESNot in the 1905 directory
The 2400 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)
0 of 11915→25
0 of 31925→35
1 of 31935→45
Who stayed on the 2400 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

Not in the directory this year.

Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory

1935

Not in the directory this year.

British Columbia and Yukon Directory

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.