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Fairview, Vancouver

3045 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

J B Jamieson, D T Larg and J A Jones are listed at 3045 Granville Street in 1940, as three households. Its name section gives all of them in full: John B Jamieson, a delicatessen; David T Larg, a starter at Langara Golf Links; and John A Jones, a meat cutter. Its name section also lists one more person here: Mrs Olive Jamieson, proprietor of Jamieson's Delicatessen. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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5
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Rebuilt in 1978
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • John B Jamiesona delicatessen · householder · suite 1p. 300
  • John A Jonesa meat cutter · householder · suite 3p. 310
  • David T Larga starter at Langara Golf Links · householder · suite 2p. 337

Also under the Jamieson name

  • Mrs Olive Jamiesonproprietor of Jamieson's Delicatessen · lives here · suite 1p. 301

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

GRANVILLE

  1. 30451Jamieson J Bp. 68
  2. 30452Larg D Tp. 68
  3. 30453Jones J Ap. 68

Names

  1. Jamieson John B delctsn 1014 Robson h1, 3045 Granvillep. 300
  2. Jones John A meat ctr h3, 3045 Granvillep. 310
  3. Larg David T starter Langara Golf Links h2, 3045 Granvillep. 337
  4. Jamieson Mrs Olive prop Jamieson's Delctsn r1, 3045 Granvillep. 301
The lines for 3045 Granville 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 house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 3045 now to 1978; next door, 3039 still has its building from before 1946, one of four on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 1978Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
  2. 1997 onLicensed as a shop (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 3000 block of Granville Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 3045 marked
The 3000 block of Granville Street, between West 14th and West 15th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 3045, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 3000 block in 1940

Granville Street between West 14th and West 15th 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.

Granville Street, the 3000 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 3000 block of Granville Street

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3045 Granville Street, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1978, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3045-granville, 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.