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Hastings-Sunrise, Vancouver

2509 Adanac Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The Post Office employed Harold A Round as a clerk, who headed the household at 2509 Adanac Street in 1940.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1910
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Harold A Rounda clerk at the Post Office · householderp. 534

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ADANAC

  1. 2509*Round H Ap. 2

Names

  1. Round Harold A clk PO h2509 Adanacp. 534
The lines for 2509 Adanac 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

2509 Adanac Street still has a building from before 1946, one of ten on the block; its permit dates from 1912 and the City's record from 1910, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build four houses (the register's number: “2505- or 2509-2513-2517”), this one among them, was taken out in July 1912 by H Round: builder F A Round, $2,000 for the four; the 1940 directory lists the Round name here. (inferred) (the register's number for it is uncertain, but the owner's name is one the directories list here)

Since 1940

  1. 1965A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 2022A building permit for a new building, valued at $143,300 (DB-2022-02653).

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 2500 block of Adanac Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2509 marked
The 2500 block of Adanac Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2400 block, between Nanaimo and Penticton Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2509, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws two buildings on the lot at 2509; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2500 block in 1940

Adanac Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2400 block, between Nanaimo and Penticton Streets, Hastings-Sunrise: 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.

Adanac Street, the 2500 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 2500 block of Adanac Street

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2509 Adanac Street, Hastings-Sunrise, 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/2509-adanac, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.