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Riley Park, Vancouver

4899 Quebec Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists six suites and households at 4899 Quebec Street. Its name section lists six people here: Mrs Emma E J Abernethy; Albert Cavin, proprietor of Jubilee Manufacturing; and four others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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7
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1942
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Mrs Emma E J Abernethyhouseholder · suite 6p. 2
  • Albert Cavinproprietor of Jubilee Manufacturing · householder · suite 5p. 103
  • Ellen Howardwidow of J · householder · suite 4p. 284
  • Thomas C Littlea conductor at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 1p. 351
  • Beryl I Lundaywidow of A · householder · suite 3p. 359
  • Mrs Gwen M Murphyhouseholder · suite 2p. 449

Also at this address

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

The 4800 block of Quebec Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 2400, 2500, 2600 and 2700 blocks of Quebec Street are read from every directory, 1905 to 1955.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

QUEBEC

  1. 48991Little T Cp. 138
  2. 48992Murphy Mrs G Mp. 138
  3. 48993Lunday Mrs B Ip. 138
  4. 48994Howard Mrs Ep. 138
  5. 48995Cavin Ap. 138
  6. 48996Abernethy Mrs E E Jp. 138

Names

  1. Abernethy Mrs Emma E J h6, 4899 Quebecp. 2
  2. Cavin Albt prop Jubilee Mfg h5, 4899 Quebecp. 103
  3. Howard Ellen wid J h4, 4899 Quebecp. 284
  4. Little Thos C cond BCER h1, 4899 Quebecp. 351
  5. Lunday Beryl I wid A hairdrsr A Clarke h3, 4899 Quebecp. 359
  6. Murphy Mrs Gwen M h2, 4899 Quebecp. 449
The lines for 4899 Quebec 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

4899 Quebec Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 4893 next door; the City dates it to 1942, after the 1940 directory, so it may not be the building that directory lists (inferred).

Since 1940

  1. 1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).
  2. 2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $391,600 (DB-2017-02659).
  3. 2021A 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 4800 block of Quebec Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 4899 marked
The 4800 block of Quebec Street, between East 32nd and East 33rd Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 4899, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 4800 block in 1940

Quebec Street between East 32nd and East 33rd Avenues, Riley Park: 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.

Quebec Street, the 4800 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 4800 block of Quebec Street

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4899 Quebec Street, Riley Park, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1942 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/4899-quebec, 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.