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Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

2648 Alberta Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Harry Buckley, who kept rooms to let, shared 2648 Alberta Street in 1940 with eleven people under other surnames, each one named in the book.

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12
people the 1940 directory lists here, eleven of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1911
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Harry Buckleywho kept rooms to letp. 78

Also at this address

  • Eleven more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ALBERTA

  1. 2648*Buckley H roomsp. 3

Names

  1. Buckley Harry rooms 2648 Albertap. 78
The lines for 2648 Alberta 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

2648 Alberta Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B); its permit dates from 1911 and the City's record from 1911, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build a frame house was taken out in February 1911 by J B Arthur, owner and builder: $6,000.

Since 1940

  1. 1965A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 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 2600 block of Alberta Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2648 marked
The 2600 block of Alberta Street, between West 10th and West 11th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2648, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws one wood-frame building on the lot at 2648. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2600 block in 1940

Alberta Street between West 10th and West 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.

Alberta 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

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 2600 block of Alberta Street

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2648 Alberta Street, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1911 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2648-alberta, 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.