2833 Oak Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 2833 Oak Street is The Oakhurst, an apartment building, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 14 people here: Wilfred H Freer, a caretaker at The Oakhurst; Sam E Herbert, of E S Herbert & Son; and twelve others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: G Bernard. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.

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16: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1914: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

ten linesThe Oakhurst and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Wilfred H Freera caretaker at The Oakhurst · householder · suite 9p. 210
Sam E Herbertof E S Herbert & Son · householder · suite 3p. 269
Mrs Beatrice A Hoseasonhouseholder · suite 7p. 282
John A MacKenziea stableman at Associated Dairies · householder · suite 4p. 385
Rowland C W Macquarriea marine engineer · householder · suite 8p. 400
Edith L Medforthwidow of T B · householder · suite 1p. 423
Francis E Sloana traveller at Scott-Bathgate · householder · suite 5p. 566
Leigh L Whiteretired · householder · suite 6p. 655

Also under the Bernard name

Cath A Bernarda department manager at Woodward's · lives here · suite 6p. 44
Margaret Bernardwidow of A · lives here · suite 6p. 44
Elias S Herbertof E S Herbert & Son · lives here · suite 3p. 269
Hector S Macquarriea salesman · lives here · suite 8p. 400
Helen R Medfortha nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital · householder · suite 1p. 423
Elizabeth Sloana stenographer at Scott-Bathgate · lives here · suite 5p. 566

Only in the street section

G Bernardsuite 6p. 121

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

OAK

Names

The lines for 2833 Oak 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 building today

2833 Oak Street still has a building from before 1946; the City's assessment record gives 1914 as its year built.

Since 1940

1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).

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 2800 block of Oak Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2833 marked — The 2800 block of Oak Street, between West 12th and West 13th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2833, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2800 block in 1940

Oak Street between West 12th and West 13th Avenues, Fairview: 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.

Oak Street, the 2800 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

West side, odd numbers

2833Oakhurst (The) +9stands

East side, even numbers

No east-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 2800 block of Oak Street

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2833 Oak Street, Fairview, 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/2833-oak, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.