448 Seymour Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists 23 suites and households at 448 Seymour Street. Its name section lists one person here: Beatrice E P Parker, a public stenographer. The street section prints 13 more names the name section doesn't list: Imperial Block, also 539 W Pender) (See and eleven others.

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14: people the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

23 linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Beatrice E P Parkera public stenographer · lives here · suite 14p. 479

Only in the street section

Imperial Blockp. 149
also 539 W Pender) (Seep. 149
Mrs L Hastingstobaccop. 149
D Carmichaelmanufacturers agent · suite 4p. 149
A E Foremanconsulting engineer · suite 6p. 149
A Ashmanufacturers agent · suite 16p. 149
E F Biartmerchandise broker · suite 23p. 149
N C Morrowmanufacturers agent · suite 26p. 149
W C Murraymanufacturers agent · suite 27p. 149
H A Morrowmanufacturers agent · suite 27p. 149
J A Sandersonmanufacturers agent · suite 27p. 149
R A Perkinsmanufacturers agent · suite 28p. 149
J A Frithmanufacturers agent · suite 29p. 149

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

SEYMOUR

Names

Parker Beatrice E P pub sten r14, 448 Seymourp. 479

The lines for 448 Seymour 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

The City's list of addresses no longer has 448 Seymour Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); no building from before 1946 is left on the 400 block of Seymour Street, and across the street the City dates 443's to 1969.

The 400 block in 1940

Seymour 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.

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

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

The 400 block of Seymour Street

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448 Seymour Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/448-seymour, 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.