Vancouver / Carnarvon Street / Kerrisdale

Kerrisdale, Vancouver

5825 Carnarvon Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Hyacinth M Grierson, widow of D, kept the house at 5825 Carnarvon Street in 1940, with David R Grierson; H Dawne Grierson, a commercial artist; and June B Grierson, a student; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.

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5
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category C
1920
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Hyacinth M Griersonwidow of D · householderp. 241

Also under the Grierson name

  • David R Griersonlives herep. 241
  • H Dawne Griersona commercial artist · lives herep. 241
  • June B Griersona student · lives herep. 241

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CARNARVON

  1. 5825Grierson Mrs H Mp. 27

Names

  1. Grierson Hyacinth M wid D h5825 Carnarvonp. 241
  2. Grierson David R r5825 Carnarvonp. 241
  3. Grierson H Dawne coml artist r5825 Carnarvonp. 241
  4. Grierson June B studt r5825 Carnarvonp. 241
The lines for 5825 Carnarvon Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The house today

5825 Carnarvon Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category C), the only one left on the 5800 block of Carnarvon Street; the City's assessment record gives 1920 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 1960A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 1965A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  3. 1982A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  4. TodayProtected by the City's heritage revitalization agreement.

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 5800 block of Carnarvon Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 5825 marked
The 5800 block of Carnarvon Street, between West 42nd and West 43rd Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 5825, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). In 1912 the map draws nothing on the spot where 5825 is today: an empty lot, a parcel not yet cut into lots, or land the survey left blank. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 5800 block in 1940

Carnarvon Street between West 42nd and West 43rd Avenues, Kerrisdale: 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.

Carnarvon Street, the 5800 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)

East side, even numbers

  1. 5830*Bell W Ngone

The 5800 block of Carnarvon Street

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5825 Carnarvon Street, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1920 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/5825-carnarvon, 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.