In 1940, 55 West Hastings Street is Standard Electric & Radio Ltd.
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- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1904
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- Standard Electric & Radio Ltdp. 76
West Hastings Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
55 West Hastings Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 53 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1904 as its year built.
The first block in 1940
West Hastings Street ending at Abbott Street, 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.
West Hastings Street, the first 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
- 1*Bank of Montrealgone
- 5Drexel Rooms +1stands
- 7Gibson's Dairy Prod +2stands
- 9Beacon Clothes Shopgone
- 11Gregory & Reid Paintgone
- 15BC Jewelersstands
- 17Rex Confgone
- 25Rex Theatre +1gone
- 29Mayfair Cafe Ltdstands
- 31Strand Rooms +1gone
- 33Genl Paint Corpn +1stands
- 35Palace Rooms +1stands
- 37Palace Hotel Ltdgone
- 43*Jones Tent & Awningstands
- 45Economy Cut Rate Drugs +1stands
- 47Cut Rate Jwlrs +2gone
- 49Smith L Wgone
- 51*Paris Pierregone
- 53Strathcona Hotelstands
- 55Standard Electric & Radio Ltdstands
- 57Model Boot Shopgone
- 61Sisson's Cr Jwlrsgone
- 63Union Shoe Co Ltdgone
- 95Cunningham Drug +15gone
South side, even numbers
- 2BCER Tram Stagone
- 10Almas Hgone
- 14Woman's Bakery Ltdgone
- 16Spotlight Mktgone
- 18Burns Block +15stands
- 20Beacon Theatrerebuilt
- 38Haskins & Elliottgone
- 42Ziegler's Chocolate Shopsgone
- 44Ye Olde English Fish & Chipsgone
- 46Hob Nob Sandwich Shopgone
- 52San Francisco Tailorsgone
- 54Vandom Aptsgone
- 56British Army Supp Storegone
- 58Wosk's Ltdgone
- 60Sample Shoe Storegone
- 62Dom Furn Co +1gone
- 64BC Barber Supp & Sundries Ltd +1gone
- 68Elite Billiard Hall +1gone
- 70London Jewelry Cogone
- 72Fred's Lunchgone
- 74Grand Union Rooms +3stands
- 80Ray Bros Tailoringgone
- 84*Imperial Bankgone
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55 West Hastings Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1904 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/55-west-hastings, 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.