439 Powell Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists 13 suites and households at 439 Powell Street. Its name section lists eleven people here: Kanekichi Hisaki, a driver; S Koyama, a fish buyer; and nine others. The street section prints three more names the name section doesn't list: M Uchida, T Nose and C Wakabayashi.

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14: people the 1940 directory lists here
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

14 linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Kanekichi Hisakia driver · householder · suite 6p. 274
S Koyamaa fish buyer · householder · suite 4p. 330
S Koyamahouseholder · suite 9p. 330
Z Matsugua millworker · householder · suite 8p. 420
Sahichi Okudaa laborer · householder · suite 2p. 469
Saburo Ryomotohouseholder · suite 12p. 539
Shizuko Tamemotowidow of T · householder · suite 10p. 600
Chitose Uchidahouseholder · suite 1p. 624
Frank Uyeharahouseholder · suite 3p. 626
Ryo Yamashitahouseholder · suite 7p. 678

Also under the Okuda name

Mrs Okudahouseholder · suite 5p. 469

Only in the street section

M Uchidaphysician · suite 1p. 135
T Nosesuite 11p. 135
C Wakabayashibean cakes · suite 439½p. 135

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

The lines for 439 Powell 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 439 Powell Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 437 still has its building from before 1946, one of five on the block.

The 400 block in 1940

Powell Street, on the stretch it shares with the 500 block, between Dunlevy and Princess Avenues, Strathcona: 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.

Powell Street, the 400 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)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

No south-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 400 block of Powell Street

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439 Powell Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/439-powell, 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.