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2603 Main Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists nine suites and households at 2603 Main Street. Its name section lists eleven people here: Felix Bourdignon, a machinist; James S Clayton, a cabinetmaker; and nine others.

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11: people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1910: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

nine linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Felix Bourdignona machinist · householder · suite 11p. 58
James S Claytona cabinetmaker · householder · suite 6p. 114
James S Clayton Jran apprentice at Kway Woodworks · lives here · suite 6p. 114
Elizabeth McCrawidow of P · householder · suite 10p. 367
Ken McFeeproprietor of Ducky Lunch · householder · suite 5p. 376
John Millena pressman for A H Timms · householder · suite 9p. 429
Julia E Snyderwidow of J W · householder · suite 14p. 575
Ethel M Thompsonwidow of W · householder · suite 12p. 609
Edward E Westleyhouseholder · suite 7p. 652
Elizabeth Westleywidow of E · householder · suite 8p. 652

Also under the McCra name

Helen McCralives here · suite 10p. 367

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

The lines for 2603 Main 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 house today

2603 Main Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2601 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1910 as its year built.

The 2600 block in 1940

Main Street between East 10th and East 11th Avenues, 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.

Main Street, the 2600 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)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

The 2600 block of Main Street

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2603 Main 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/2603-main, 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.