Kitsilano, Vancouver

3175 Point Grey Road

In the 1940 city directory.

W Hinden and G R Snider are listed at 3175 Point Grey Road in 1940, as two households.

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2
people the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 1994
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Point Grey Road is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

POINT GREY ROAD

  1. 3175aHinden Wp. 134
  2. 3175bSnider G Rp. 134
The lines for 3175 Point Grey Road in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 3175 now to 1994; the nearest that still stands is 3131, ten doors along on the same side, one of four left on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 1994Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

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 3100 block in 1940

Point Grey Road, on the stretch it shares with the 3200 and 3300 blocks, between Balaclava and Waterloo Streets, Kitsilano: 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.

Point Grey Road, the 3100 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)

South side, even numbers

  1. 3106Whalen A Lstands

The 3100 block of Point Grey Road

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3175 Point Grey Road, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1994, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3175-point-grey-road, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.