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Downtown, Vancouver

615 West Hastings Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists 19 suites and households at 615 West Hastings Street. Its name section lists three people here: Charles T Hamilton; James Lippe, a chiropractor; and Painless V E Mose Parker, a manager. The street section prints four more names the name section doesn't list: Davis Chambers, E W King and two others. Its name section lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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9
people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • 19 linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Charles T Hamiltonp. 250
  • James Lippea chiropractor · suite 32p. 350
  • Painless V E Mose Parkera manager · suite 1p. 480

Only in the street section

  • Davis Chambersp. 79
  • E W Kingsuite 38p. 79
  • H L Heathmanufacturers agent · suite 57p. 79
  • Ruttysuite 77p. 79

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST HASTINGS

  1. 615Davis Chambersp. 79
  2. 6151Parker P dentistsp. 79
  3. 61519Gray Bros (office)p. 79
  4. 61532Lippe J chirop. 79
  5. 61536Mac Anna dress designerp. 79
  6. 61537Stevens L C & Co bldg contrsp. 79
  7. 61538King E W (office)p. 79
  8. 61539Barnes Service investigatorsp. 79
  9. 61542Takahashi K & Co log oprsp. 79
  10. 61552Gorlich F & Son chiropodistsp. 79
  11. 61555Muter J & Co Ltd imptrsp. 79
  12. 61557Heath H L mfrs agtp. 79
  13. 61558King & Wade archtsp. 79
  14. 61559Genl Eng Co cons engsp. 79
  15. 61559Empire Eng Co genl contrsp. 79
  16. 61559Hamilton C T cons engp. 79
  17. 61559Osmose Wood Preservingp. 79
  18. 61577Ruttyp. 79
  19. 61580Can Display Cop. 79

Names

  1. Hamilton Chas T Consulting, Civil and Structural Engineer. Dominion and B. C. Land Surveyor 615 West Hastingsp. 250
  2. Lippe Jas chiro 32, 615 West Hastingsp. 350
  3. Parker Painless V E Mose mgr dentists 1, 615 West Hastingsp. 480
The lines for 615 West 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 615 West Hastings Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 602, on the other side of the street, one of two on the block.

The 600 block in 1940

West Hastings Street between Seymour and Granville 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.

West 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)

The 600 block of West Hastings Street

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615 West Hastings Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/615-west-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.