Hinako Maruno, a bookkeeper at Union Fish, shared 504 Alexander Street in 1940 with three people under other surnames, each one named in the book.
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- 4
- people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1912
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- Hinako Marunoa bookkeeper at Union Fish · householderp. 417
Also at this address
- Three more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Alexander Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
ALEXANDER
Names
The house today
504 Alexander Street still has a building from before 1946, one of four on the block; its permit is from 1912, and the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built. A permit to build 1 apartment/rooms (the register's number: “504 or 500”) was taken out in April 1912 by J McCarter: builder Burrard Construction Company, architect W T Whiteway, $15,000.
The 500 block in 1940
Alexander Street between Jackson 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.
Alexander Street, the 500 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
No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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504 Alexander Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/504-alexander, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 504 Alexander Street
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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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.