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Kitsilano, Vancouver

2550 Balaclava Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The O'Driscoll family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 2550 Balaclava Street, has three people listed here: John M O'Driscoll, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board; Agnes F O'Driscoll, a social worker; and Aileen M O'Driscoll, a music teacher.

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3
people 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
1914
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • John M O'Driscolla clerk at the Liquor Control Board · householderp. 468

Also under the O'Driscoll name

  • Agnes F O'Driscolla social worker · lives herep. 468
  • Aileen M O'Driscolla music teacherp. 468

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BALACLAVA

  1. 2550*O'Driscoll J Mp. 7

Names

  1. O'Driscoll John M clk Liq Cont Bd h2550 Balaclavap. 468
  2. O'Driscoll Agnes F soc wkr r2550 Balaclavap. 468
  3. O'Driscoll Aileen M mus tchr 2550 Balaclavap. 468
The lines for 2550 Balaclava 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

2550 Balaclava Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2544 next door; its permit dates from 1912 and the City's record from 1914, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build four houses at 2532, 2538, 2544 and 2550 Balaclava, this one among them, was taken out in March 1912 by Ltd Vernon Bros, owner and builder: $12,000 for the four.

Since 1940

  1. 1970A 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.

The 2500 block of Balaclava Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2550 marked
The 2500 block of Balaclava Street, between West Broadway and West 10th Avenue, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2550, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws four buildings on the lot at 2550; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2500 block in 1940

Balaclava Street between West Broadway and West 10th Avenue, Kitsilano: 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.

Balaclava 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 Balaclava Street

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2550 Balaclava Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1914 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2550-balaclava, 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.