The Griffiths family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 5850 Cree Street, has three people listed here: Roderick F Griffiths, a bookkeeper at F Webb Ltd; Jean E Griffiths, who worked for the BC Telephone; and John R Griffiths, a clerk at Macdonalds Consolidated.
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- 3
- people the 1940 directory lists here
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Rebuilt in 2004
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Roderick F Griffithsa bookkeeper at F Webb Ltd · householderp. 242
Also under the Griffiths name
Cree Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
CREE
Names
The house today
Goad's 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 5850, and the building the 1940 directory knew is gone too: the City dates the one there now to 2004; next door, 5860 still has its building from before 1946, one of six on the block. A permit to build a house was taken out in February 1929 by W Finlay: builder R Nightingale, $2,700.
Since 1940
- 2004Today'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 5800 block in 1940
Cree Street starting at East 41st Avenue, Sunset: 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.
Cree 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)
West side, odd numbers
East side, even numbers
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5850 Cree Street, Sunset, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2004, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/5850-cree, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.