553 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 553 Granville Street is Leigh Spencer Building, with 29 suites and households listed under it. The street section prints nine names the name section doesn't list: L Photos Frank, W H Maley and seven others. Its name section lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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11: people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

30 linesLeigh Spencer Building and its suites and households, each on the page beside

Only in the street section

L Photos Franksuite 44p. 63
W H Maleylumber broker · suite 54p. 63
G A Kingbarrister · suite 64p. 63
J M Coadybarrister · suite 64p. 63
J E Mecredyinsurance · suite 64p. 63
G C Dixoninsurance adjuster · suite 74p. 63
Inter-Provincial Financierssuite 74p. 63
V R Clerihueaccountant · suite 84p. 63
A J Cowanbarrister · suite 84p. 63

Also at this address

Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

GRANVILLE

The lines for 553 Granville Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 553 Granville Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); across the street, 550, on the heritage register, still has one from before 1946, one of five on the block.

The 500 block in 1940

Granville Street between West Pender and Dunsmuir 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.

Granville 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)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

The 500 block of Granville Street

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553 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/553-granville, 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.