3050 Oak Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 3050 Oak Street is Huntly Lodge, with ten suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: David Brail, in drugs; Cecilia Cockfield, widow of H; and ten others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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13: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1927: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

eleven linesHuntly Lodge and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

David Brailin drugs · householder · suite 4p. 62
Cecilia Cockfieldwidow of H · householder · suite 7p. 117
H Isabel Cowana stock transfer manager at Royal Trust · householder · suite 2p. 132
Harold C Hennwho worked for the BC Telephone · householder · suite 3p. 268
William R Lordretired · householder · suite 8p. 355
William B McCartneya master mariner for F Waterhouse · householder · suite 5p. 365
Edith M Mintywidow of A · householder · suite 9p. 433
Reginald S Scottan artist at Angell Engraving · householder · suite 6p. 549
Robert Tullochhouseholder · suite 1p. 620
Edward Van Dorna caretaker for Huntly Lodge · householder · suite 10p. 631

Also under the Cockfield name

Lolita Cockfielda class at the Sun · lives here · suite 7p. 117
William Van Dorna longshoreman · lives here · suite 10p. 631

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 3050 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

3050 Oak Street still has a building from before 1946, the only one left on the 3000 block of Oak Street; the City's assessment record gives 1927 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 3000 block of Oak Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 3050 marked — The 3000 block of Oak 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 3050, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 3000 block in 1940

Oak 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.

Oak Street, the 3000 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

East side, even numbers

3050Huntly Lodge +10stands

The 3000 block of Oak Street

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3050 Oak Street, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1927 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3050-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.