522 Dunlevy Avenue

In the 1930 city directory, of the nine we've read for Dunlevy Avenue.

The 1930 directory lists 522 Dunlevy Avenue as vacant. The later directories we've read, 1935 to 1945, list Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

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First listed 1930: the 1905 directory lists the block but not 522 (a hint the house came later)
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1905

The 1905 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1905 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1910

The 1910 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1915

The 1915 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1920

The 1920 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.

In 1925

The 1925 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1925 directory's street section, line by line. The 1925 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).

In 1930

The directory lists the address as vacant.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1930 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1930 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).

1930Wrigley's British Columbia Directory

Streets

DUNLEVY

522Vacantp. 50

The lines for 522 Dunlevy Avenue in the 1930 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1935

The 1935 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1935 directory's street section, line by line. The 1935 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).

In 1940

The 1940 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).

In 1945

The 1945 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 522.

Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1945 directory's street section, line by line. The 1945 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).

The house today

Not one of the eleven addresses the 1930 directory lists on the 500 block of Dunlevy Avenue is on the City's list today, so the building at 522 is probably gone (inferred).

The 500 block, year by year

Dunlevy Avenue, Strathcona: every door each year we've read lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red. Pick a year to read who lived at every door.

Dunlevy Avenue, the 500 blockas the 1925 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)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

Who stayed on the 500 block: of the addresses with a named household in both years, how many had the same surname in the later one. A filled house kept its family.

Dunlevy Avenue, block by block

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522 Dunlevy Avenue, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1930 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/522-dunlevy-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The city directories of 1905 (Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory), 1910 (Henderson's City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory Part 1), 1915 (Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory), 1920 (Henderson's Vancouver Directory), 1925 (Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory), 1930 (Wrigley's British Columbia Directory), 1935 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory) and 1945 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections where both are read, 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.