Frederick Brownsword lived at 5599 Main Street in 1920.
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- person the 1920 directory lists here
- Rebuilt in 2000
- today, by the City's records
In 1905
The 1905 directory lists Main Street but not 5599.
Main Street is read from the 1905 directory's street section, line by line. The 1905 directory prints it as Westminster Avenue; its numbers run along today's Main Street, so we take them for one street (inferred).
In 1910
The 1910 directory lists Main Street but not 5599.
Main Street is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line. The 1910 directory prints it as Westminster Avenue; its numbers run along today's Main Street, so we take them for one street (inferred).
In 1915
The directory lists the address as vacant.
Main Street is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1920
The street section
- Frederick Brownswordp. 101
Main Street is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1940
The 1940 directory lists Main Street but not 5599.
Main Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
The building the 1920 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 5599 now to 2000; none of the four old addresses on the 5500 block of Main Street keeps a building from before 1946.
Since 1940
- 2000Today's building goes up, by the City'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 5500 block, year by year
Main Street between East 39th and East 40th Avenues, Riley Park: 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.
Main Street, the 5500 blockas the 1910 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
The 1905 directory lists no one on this block.
The 1910 directory lists no one on this block.
The 1940 directory lists no one on this block.
West side, odd numbers
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5599 Main Street, Riley Park, Vancouver, is in the 1915 and 1920 city directories. The building there today dates from 2000, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/5599-main, 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) and 1940 (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.