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Downtown, Vancouver

577 Richards Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 577 Richards Street is St Clair Rooms; its name section adds nine people here under other surnames.

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9
people the 1940 directory lists here, all named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1911
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

RICHARDS

  1. 577St Clair Roomsp. 141
The lines for 577 Richards Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The building today

577 Richards Street still has a building from before 1946, one of five on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1911 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 1999–2014Licensed as a rooming house.
  2. 2014 onLicensed as a hotel.

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 500 block of Richards Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 577 marked
The 500 block of Richards Street, between West Pender and Dunsmuir Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 577, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 500 block in 1940

Richards 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.

Richards Street, the 500 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 500 block of Richards Street

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577 Richards Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1911 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/577-richards, 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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.