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Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver

3814 Blenheim Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Three of the Crummer household are listed at 3814 Blenheim Street in 1940: Walter H Crummer, a druggist at Owl Drug; Audrey E M Crummer, a saleswoman at Spencer's; and Irva G Crummer, an operator at the BC Telephone.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 1977
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Walter H Crummera druggist at Owl Drug · householderp. 142

Also under the Crummer name

  • Audrey E M Crummera saleswoman at Spencer's · lives herep. 141
  • Irva G Crummeran operator at the BC Telephone · lives herep. 141

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BLENHEIM

  1. 3814Crummer W Hp. 13

Names

  1. Crummer Walter H druggist Owl Drug h3814 Blenheimp. 142
  2. Crummer Audrey E M slswm Spencers r3814 Blenheimp. 141
  3. Crummer Irva G opr BC Tel r3814 Blenheimp. 141
The lines for 3814 Blenheim 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

Goad's 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 3814, and the building the 1940 directory knew is gone too: the City dates the one there now to 1977; next door, 3832 still has its building from before 1946, the only one on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 1977Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
  2. 1985A major renovation, by BC Assessment'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 3800 block of Blenheim Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 3814 marked
The 3800 block of Blenheim Street, between West 22nd and West 23rd Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 3814, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). In 1912 the map draws nothing on the spot where 3814 is today: an empty lot, a parcel not yet cut into lots, or land the survey left blank. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 3800 block in 1940

Blenheim Street between West 22nd and West 23rd Avenues, Dunbar-Southlands: 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.

Blenheim Street, the 3800 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)

The 3800 block of Blenheim Street

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3814 Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1977, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3814-blenheim, 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.