Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver

4331 Blenheim Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Two of the Martin household are listed at 4331 Blenheim Street in 1940: Tom M Martin; and Elizabeth M Martin, a bookkeeper at Pacific Coast Pipe.

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2
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1914
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

Also under the Martin name

  • Elizabeth M Martina bookkeeper at Pacific Coast Pipe · lives herep. 416

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

The lines for 4331 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

4331 Blenheim Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 4319 next door; Goad's 1912 map shows no building at the street end of the lot, so this one, which the City dates to 1914, went up after it.

Since 1940

  1. 1970A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 1995A 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 4300 block of Blenheim Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 4331 marked
The 4300 block of Blenheim Street, between West 27th and West 28th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 4331, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 4331. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 4300 block in 1940

Blenheim Street between West 27th and West 28th 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 4300 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 4300 block of Blenheim Street

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4331 Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1914 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/4331-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.