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612 East Hastings Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 612 East Hastings Street is Howard Grocery, with 13 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 15 people here: Carl Carlson, a logger; Robert B Gilbert, a longshoreman; and 13 others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: J R Pettigrew. Its name section lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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

In 1940

The street section

14 linesHoward Grocery and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Carl Carlsona logger · householder · suite 6p. 97
Robert B Gilberta longshoreman · householder · suite 9p. 223
Harry Hartshornea millwright · householder · suite 8p. 259
Mikuma Inouyewidow of T · householder · suite 1p. 295
Dennis M Kinga millworker at Sitka Spruce Lumber · householder · suite 4p. 323
Kai Lukea sawyer · householder · suite 2p. 358
Ginosuke Moritaa millworker · householderp. 441
Ming Wonga cook · householder · suite 11p. 671
Walter Wooan agent at Sun Life · householder · suite 10p. 671
John Younghouseholder · suite 3p. 680
John E Younga painter at the City of Vancouver · householder · suite 7p. 680
John E Young Jran apprentice at Original Finishers · lives here · suite 7p. 680

Also under the Hartshorne name

Margaret Hartshornelives here · suite 8p. 259
Susan Inouyea saleswoman · lives here · suite 1p. 295
Mrs Eiko Moritaproprietor of Howard Grocery · lives herep. 441

Only in the street section

J R Pettigrewsuite 5p. 74

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST HASTINGS

Names

The lines for 612 East Hastings 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 building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 612 East Hastings Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 633, on the heritage register, on the other side of the street, one of three on the block.

The 600 block in 1940

East Hastings Street between Princess and Heatley Avenues, Strathcona: 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.

East Hastings Street, the 600 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)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

The 600 block of East Hastings Street

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612 East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/612-east-hastings, 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.