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Downtown, Vancouver

422 Richards Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 422 Richards Street is Northern Crown Building, with 14 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists one person here: F Gremanelles, a spectacle repairer. The street section prints eight more names the name section doesn't list: L Smith, T Williams and six others. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.

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10
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1901
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • 15 linesNorthern Crown Building and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • F Gremanellesa spectacle repairer · suite 4p. 241

Only in the street section

  • L Smithdramatic art · suite 5p. 141
  • T Williamsmusic teacher · suite 7p. 141
  • L Holandmusic teacher · suite 7p. 141
  • D Pedromusic teacher · suite 8p. 141
  • Miss M P Browndramatic art · suite 11p. 141
  • Miss D Cameronmusic teacher · suite 11p. 141
  • A H Hinemusic teacher · suite 12Ap. 141
  • A Alexandermusic teacher · suite 24p. 141

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

RICHARDS

  1. 422Northern Crown Bldgp. 141
  2. 422BRex Sch of Popular Musicp. 141
  3. 4221Western Tutorial Schp. 141
  4. 4224Gremanelles F spectacle reprp. 141
  5. 4225Smith L dramatic artp. 141
  6. 4227Williams T mus tchrp. 141
  7. 4227Holand L mus tchrp. 141
  8. 4228Pedro D mus tchrp. 141
  9. 42211Brown Miss M P dramatic artp. 141
  10. 42211Cameron Miss D mus tchrp. 141
  11. 42212AHine A H mus tchrp. 141
  12. 42214Modern Piano Studiosp. 141
  13. 42214Perseverance Gold Mines Ltdp. 141
  14. 42217Van School of Accordianp. 141
  15. 42224Alexander A mus tchrp. 141

Names

  1. Gremanelles F spectacle repr 4, 422 Richardsp. 241
The lines for 422 Richards 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

422 Richards Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), one of three on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1901 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 1997 onLicensed as a shop (licences on record start in 1997).
  2. 2001–2004Licensed as a workshop or warehouse.
  3. 2006 onLicensed as a restaurant or café.
  4. 2010–2024Licensed as a school.
  5. 2015 onLicensed as a food shop.

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 400 block of Richards Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 422 marked
The 400 block of Richards Street, between West Hastings and West Pender Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 422, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 400 block in 1940

Richards Street between West Hastings and West Pender Streets, Downtown: 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.

Richards Street, the 400 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 400 block of Richards Street

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422 Richards Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1901 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/422-richards, 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.