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Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

2532 Fraser Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 2532 Fraser Street is Burnleigh Apartments, with seven suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists ten people here: Amy Alderson; Reginald Frost Jr, a shipper at Vancouver Supplies; and eight others. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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12
people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1910
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Amy Aldersonhouseholder · suite 2p. 7
  • Reginald Frost Jra shipper at Vancouver Supplies · householder · suite 5p. 212
  • Alfred Harrisa postman · householder · suite 6p. 256
  • John B MacIntosha mechanic at R Stewart Ltd · householder · suite 7p. 380
  • John Maina fireman · householder · suite 1p. 405
  • Mrs Mary A Mavityan operator at the BC Telephone · householder · suite 3p. 421
  • Kathleen M Walkera stenographer at Turnbull Bros · householder · suite 4p. 638

Also at this address

  • Tamar Aldersonof Burnleigh Apartments · lives here · suite 2p. 7
  • Eileen C Walkerlives here · suite 4p. 637
  • Iris G Harrisa student at UBC · lives here · suite 6p. 256
  • Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

Fraser Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Scott Street; its numbers run along today's Fraser Street, so we take them for one street (inferred).

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

FRASER

  1. 2532Burnleigh Aptsp. 148
  2. 25321Main Jp. 148
  3. 25322Alderson Miss Ap. 148
  4. 25323Mavity Mrs M Ap. 148
  5. 25324Walker Miss K Mp. 148
  6. 25325Frost Rp. 148
  7. 25326Harris Ap. 148
  8. 25327MacIntosh J Bp. 148

Names

  1. Alderson Amy h2, 2532 Fraserp. 7
  2. Frost Regd Jr shpr Van Supp h5, 2532 Fraserp. 212
  3. Harris Alfd postmn h6, 2532 Fraserp. 256
  4. MacIntosh John B mech R Stewart Ltd h7, 2532 Fraserp. 380
  5. Main John firmn h1, 2532 Fraserp. 405
  6. Mavity Mrs Mary A opr BC Tel h3, 2532 Fraserp. 421
  7. Walker Kathleen M sten Turnbull Bros h4, 2532 Fraserp. 638
  8. Alderson Tamar of Burnleigh Apts r2, 2532 Fraserp. 7
  9. Harris Iris G studt UBC r6, 2532 Fraserp. 256
  10. Walker Eileen C r4, 2532 Fraserp. 637
The lines for 2532 Fraser 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

2532 Fraser Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2531 across the street; the City's assessment record gives 1910 as its year built.

The 2500 block in 1940

Fraser Street between East Broadway and East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant: 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.

Fraser 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 Fraser Street

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2532 Fraser Street, Mount Pleasant, 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/2532-fraser, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.