In 1915 and 1920, the address is Canadian Northwest Steel Co Ltd. In 1925, 401 East 1st Avenue is Canadian N-W Steel Co.
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- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1910
The 1910 directory lists East 1st Avenue but not 401.
East 1st Avenue is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line. The 1910 directory prints it as East Front Street; its numbers run along today's East 1st Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).
In 1915
The street section
- Canadian Northwest Steel Co Ltdp. 51
East 1st Avenue is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line. The 1915 directory prints it as East Front Street; its numbers run along today's East 1st Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).
1915Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory
Streets
EAST 1ST
In 1920
The street section
- Canadian Northwest Steel Co Ltdp. 46
East 1st Avenue is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line. The 1920 directory prints it as East Front Street; its numbers run along today's East 1st Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).
In 1925
The street section
- Canadian N-W Steel Cop. 136
East 1st Avenue is read from the 1925 directory's street section, line by line.
1925Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory
Streets
EAST 1ST
In 1940
The 1940 directory lists East 1st Avenue but not 401.
East 1st Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 401 East 1st Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred).
The 400 block, year by year
East 1st Avenue, Strathcona: every door each year we've read lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red. Pick a year to read who lived at every door.
East 1st Avenue, the 400 blockas the 1920 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
The 1910 directory lists no one on this block.
The 1940 directory lists no one on this block.
North side, odd numbers
South side, even numbers
No south-side addresses in the 1910 and 1915 and 1920 and 1925 and 1940 directories.
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401 East 1st Avenue, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1915, 1920 and 1925 city directories. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/401-east-1st-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 401 East 1st Avenue
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Sources
The city directories of 1910 (Henderson's City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory Part 1), 1915 (Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory), 1920 (Henderson's Vancouver Directory), 1925 (Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory) and 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections where both are read, 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.