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Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver

4205 Dunbar Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Stephens-Tully and R A Tully are listed at 4205 Dunbar Street in 1940, as two households. Its name section gives one of them in full: Robert A Tully, proprietor of Stephens-Tully. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Rebuilt in 1990
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Robert A Tullyproprietor of Stephens-Tully · householderp. 620

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

DUNBAR

  1. 4205Stephens-Tully floristsp. 45
  2. 4205Tully R Ap. 45

Names

  1. Tully Robt A prop Stephens-Tully h4205 Dunbarp. 620
The lines for 4205 Dunbar 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

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 4205 now to 1990; the nearest that still stands is 4256, on the other side of the street, one of two on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 1990Today'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 4200 block in 1940

Dunbar Street between West 26th and West 27th 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.

Dunbar Street, the 4200 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 4200 block of Dunbar Street

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4205 Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1990, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/4205-dunbar, 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.