Two of the Miller household are listed at 30 East 10th Avenue in 1940: F Vaughan Miller; and Robert V Miller, a mechanic; its name section adds three more people here under other surnames.
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- 5
- people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
- Rebuilt in 1966
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- F Vaughan Millerhouseholderp. 429
Also under the Miller name
- Robert V Millera mechanic · lives herep. 430
Also at this address
- Three more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
East 10th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
EAST 10TH
Names
The house today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 30 now to 1966; three doors along, 24, on the heritage register, still has one from before 1946, one of three on the block.
Since 1940
- 1966Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
- 2014–2024Licensed as an apartment house.
- 2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $100,000 (DB-2018-01908).
- 2022A building permit for alterations, valued at $125,000 (DB-2022-04076).
- 2023A building permit for alterations, valued at $100,000 (BP-2022-05454).
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 first block in 1940
East 10th Avenue between West 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, 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.
East 10th Avenue, the first 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
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30 East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1966, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/30-east-10th-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. 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.