The 1940 directory lists seven suites and households at 2740 Yukon Street. Its name section lists seven people here: George B Cooper, a warehouseman at the Hudson's Bay Company; Edgar W Duerre, a mechanic at the Home Service Station; and five others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: P R U Stratton. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 9
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category B
- 1911
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- P R U Strattonapartmentsp. 172
- W S Uresuite 1p. 172
- Miss V Hustonsuite 2p. 172
- E Duerresuite 4p. 172
- Mrs G McTavishsuite 6p. 172
- Miss Jacksonsuite 7p. 172
- G B Coopersuite 8p. 172
The household
- George B Coopera warehouseman at the Hudson's Bay Company · householder · suite 8p. 125
- Edgar W Duerrea mechanic at the Home Service Station · householder · suite 4p. 170
- Verna B Hustona nurse at Moffatt, Moffatt & Robertson · householder · suite 2p. 291
- Grace McTavishwidow of F C · householder · suite 6p. 402
- W Scott Urehouseholder · suite 1p. 626
Also under the Jackson name
- Miss Jacksonhouseholder · suite 7p. 298
- Isabel G McTavishan assistant at the Vancouver Public Library · lives here · suite 6p. 402
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Yukon Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
YUKON
- 2740Stratton P R U aptsp. 172
- 27401Ure W Sp. 172
- 27402Huston Miss Vp. 172
- 27404Duerre Ep. 172
- 27406McTavish Mrs Gp. 172
- 27407Jackson Missp. 172
- 27408Cooper G Bp. 172
Names
- Cooper Geo B whsmn HBC h8, 2740 Yukonp. 125
- Duerre Edgar W mech Home Serv Sta h4, 2740 Yukonp. 170
- Huston Verna B nurse Moffatt, Moffatt & Robertson h2, 2740 Yukonp. 291
- McTavish Grace wid F C h6, 2740 Yukonp. 402
- Ure W Scott h1, 2740 Yukonp. 626
- Jackson Miss h7, 2740 Yukonp. 298
- McTavish Isabel G asst Van Public Lib r6, 2740 Yukonp. 402
The house today
2740 Yukon Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B); the City's assessment record gives 1911 as its year built.
The 2700 block in 1940
Yukon Street between West 11th and West 12th 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.
Yukon Street, 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)
West side, odd numbers
No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
East side, even numbers
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2740 Yukon 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/2740-yukon, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 2740 Yukon Street
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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.