The directories we've read give Armstrong & Hotson, undertakers in 1915, and George Edwards in 1920. In 1940, 304 Dunlevy Avenue is Armstrong & Co; its name section adds two people here under other surnames.
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- 2
- people the 1940 directory lists here, all named in the book
- First listed 1915
- the 1905 directory lists the block but not 304: a hint the building came later a hint
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category B
- 1913
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1905
The 1905 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 304.
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1905 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1910
The 1910 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 304.
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1915
The street section
- Armstrong & Hotsonundertakersp. 46
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.
1915Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory
Streets
DUNLEVY
In 1920
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.
1920Henderson's Vancouver Directory
Streets
DUNLEVY
In 1940
The street section
- Armstrong & Cop. 46
Also at this address
- Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).
The building today
304 Dunlevy Avenue still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), the only one left on the 300 block of Dunlevy Avenue; the City's assessment record gives 1913 as its year built.
The 300 block, year by year
Dunlevy Avenue between East Cordova and East Hastings Streets, Strathcona: every door each year we've read lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red. Pick a year to read who lived at every door.
Dunlevy Avenue, the 300 blockas the 1910 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
West side, odd numbers
No west-side addresses in the 1905 and 1910 and 1915 and 1920 and 1940 directories.
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304 Dunlevy Avenue, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1915, 1920 and 1940 city directories. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1913 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/304-dunlevy-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 304 Dunlevy Avenue
Every directory, as one book
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Sources
The city directories of 1905 (Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory), 1910 (Henderson's City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory Part 1), 1915 (Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory), 1920 (Henderson's Vancouver Directory) and 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections where both are read, 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.