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Strathcona, Vancouver

362 Alexander Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 362 Alexander Street is Nippon Club, with three households listed under it. Its name section lists three people here: Yasuechiro Noda; Mrs Kikuno Noda, proprietor of Yoshino; and Yoshino, who ran a restaurant.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1920
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Yasuechiro Nodahouseholderp. 462

Also under the Noda name

  • Mrs Kikuno Nodaproprietor of Yoshino · lives herep. 462
  • Yoshinowho ran a restaurantp. 679

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ALEXANDER

  1. 362Yoshino restrp. 4
  2. 362Nippon Clubp. 4
  3. 362Noda Yp. 4
  4. 362Vacantp. 4

Names

  1. Noda Yasuechiro h362 Alexanderp. 462
  2. Noda Mrs Kikuno prop Yoshino r362 Alexanderp. 462
  3. Yoshino restr 362 Alexanderp. 679
The lines for 362 Alexander 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

362 Alexander Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 369 across the street; its permit is from 1911, and the City's assessment record gives 1920 as its year built. A permit to build brick stores and rooms was taken out in November 1911 by Grier Starratt: builder Booker & Campbell, architect W T Whiteway, $20,000.

Since 1940

  1. 1997–2014Licensed as a rooming 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 300 block of Alexander Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 362 marked
The 300 block of Alexander Street, on the stretch it shares with the 100 and 200 blocks, between Columbia Street and Dunlevy Avenue, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 362, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 300 block in 1940

Alexander Street, on the stretch it shares with the 100 and 200 blocks, between Columbia Street and Dunlevy Avenue, Strathcona: 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.

Alexander Street, the 300 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)

Alexander Street, block by block

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362 Alexander Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1920 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/362-alexander, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.