2740 West 4th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 2740 West 4th Avenue is Essex Block, with three suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists three people here: Kath M Elphick; Alice U Grant, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board; and Nick J Podaras, proprietor of Louise Sweet Shop. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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4: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1922: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

Essex Blockapartmentsp. 182
Miss A U Grantsuite 1p. 182
N J Podarassuite 2p. 182
Miss K M Elphicksuite 3p. 182

The household

Kath M Elphickhouseholder · suite 3p. 182
Alice U Granta stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board · householder · suite 1p. 235
Nick J Podarasproprietor of Louise Sweet Shop · householder · suite 2p. 497

Also at this address

One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

West 4th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST 4TH

Names

The lines for 2740 West 4th Avenue 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

2740 West 4th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, one of two on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1922 as its year built.

The 2700 block in 1940

West 4th Avenue between Stephens and Macdonald Streets, 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.

West 4th Avenue, the 2700 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)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

The 2700 block of West 4th Avenue

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2740 West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1922 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2740-west-4th-avenue, 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.