Vancouver / Oak Street / Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy, Vancouver

3411 Oak Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 3411 Oak Street is Bessborough Apartments, with 14 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 18 people here: Bevan H Arkwright, a police officer at the City of Vancouver; Jack I Cooperband, a president at the Roxy Theatre; and 16 others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: Mrs C S Maharg. Its name section lists four more people here under other surnames too.

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23
people the 1940 directory lists here, four of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1930
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • 15 linesBessborough Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Bevan H Arkwrighta police officer at the City of Vancouver · householder · suite 5p. 18
  • Jack I Cooperbanda president at the Roxy Theatre · householder · suite 8p. 126
  • Alan MacG Frith-Smitha bookkeeper at the Smith Sheet Metal Works · householder · suite 7p. 211
  • Alvin W Gossa glass bender at Neon Products · householder · suite Mp. 231
  • Gordon A Grayshona mechanic at Clarkson's · householder · suite 1Ap. 238
  • Theresa E Harta bookkeeper at Ferguson & Hart · householder · suite 12p. 258
  • Sam Hymanan agent at Great West Life · householder · suite 9p. 292
  • Michel Kantora salesman at Shores · householder · suite 6p. 314
  • Thomas C MacCaughiea school teacher · householder · suite 4p. 365
  • Alan P Morleya reporter at the Sun · householder · suite 2p. 441
  • George A Priora salesman at Bearing Supplies House · householder · suite 10p. 504
  • Edmund A Sharpea clerk at the Industrial Acceptance Corporation · householder · suite 11p. 554
  • Birger G Svenssona managing director at Britlbread Products · householder · suite 1p. 597

Also under the Hyman name

  • Frederick A Hymana mechanic · lives here · suite 9p. 292
  • David L McCaughielives here · suite 4p. 365
  • Martha F Maharga nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital · lives here · suite 3p. 404
  • Mrs Mary Mahargwidow of C S · householder · suite 3p. 404
  • Svensson (no first name printed)lives here · suite 1p. 597

Only in the street section

Also at this address

  • Four more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's 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

  1. 3411Bessborough Aptsp. 121
  2. 3411MGoss A Wp. 121
  3. 34111Svensson B Gp. 121
  4. 34111AGrayshon G Ap. 121
  5. 34112Morley A Pp. 121
  6. 34113Maharg Mrs C Sp. 121
  7. 34114MacCaughie T Cp. 121
  8. 34115Arkwright B Hp. 121
  9. 34116Kantor Mp. 121
  10. 34117Frith-Smith A MacGp. 121
  11. 34118Cooperband J Ip. 121
  12. 34119Hyman Sp. 121
  13. 341110Prior G Ap. 121
  14. 341111Sharpe E Ap. 121
  15. 341112Hart Miss T Ep. 121

Names

  1. Arkwright Bevan H police Van City h5, 3411 Oakp. 18
  2. Cooperband Jack I pres Roxy Thea h8, 3411 Oakp. 126
  3. Frith-Smith Alan MacG bkpr Smith Sht Mtl Wks h7, 3411 Oakp. 211
  4. Goss Alvin W glass bender Neon Products hM, 3411 Oakp. 231
  5. Grayshon Gordon A mech Clarkson's h1A, 3411 Oakp. 238
  6. Hart Theresa E bkpr Ferguson & Hart h12, 3411 Oakp. 258
  7. Hyman Sam agt Gt West Life h9, 3411 Oakp. 292
  8. Kantor Michel slsmn Shores h6, 3411 Oakp. 314
  9. MacCaughie Thos C sch tchr Van City h4, 3411 Oakp. 365
  10. Morley Alan P reporter Sun h2, 3411 Oakp. 441
  11. Prior Geo A slsmn Bearing Supp House h10, 3411 Oakp. 504
  12. Sharpe Edmund A clk Industrial Acceptance Corpn h11, 3411 Oakp. 554
  13. Svensson Birger G mng dir Britlbread Prods h1, 3411 Oakp. 597
  14. Hyman Fredk A mech r9, 3411 Oakp. 292
  15. McCaughie David L r4, 3411 Oakp. 365
  16. Maharg Martha F nurse Van Genl Hosp r3, 3411 Oakp. 404
  17. Maharg Mrs Mary wid C S h3, 3411 Oakp. 404
  18. Svensson Miss — r1, 3411 Oakp. 597
The lines for 3411 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

3411 Oak Street still has a building from before 1946, the only one left on the 3400 block of Oak Street; the City's assessment record gives 1930 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 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 3400 block of Oak Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 3411 marked
The 3400 block of Oak Street, on the stretch it shares with the 3500 block, between West 18th and West 20th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 3411, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 3400 block in 1940

Oak Street, on the stretch it shares with the 3500 block, between West 18th and West 20th Avenues, Shaughnessy: 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 3400 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)

East side, even numbers

  1. 3436*Wolfer Mrs Jgone

The 3400 block of Oak Street

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3411 Oak Street, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1930 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3411-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.