Vancouver / Churchill Street / Kerrisdale

Kerrisdale, Vancouver

6238 Churchill Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Arthur W Watts, a steward, is the householder at 6238 Churchill Street in 1940, in a family the directory marks as owning it. Its name section lists one more person here: Terence W Watts.

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2
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 2021
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Arthur W Wattsa steward · householderp. 645

Also under the Watts name

  • Terence W Wattslives herep. 646

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CHURCHILL

  1. 6238*Watts A Wp. 30

Names

  1. Watts Arth W steward h6238 Churchillp. 645
  2. Watts Terence W r6238 Churchillp. 646
The lines for 6238 Churchill 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

Goad's 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 6238, and the building the 1940 directory knew is gone too: the City dates the one there now to 2021; directly across the street, 6237 still has one from before 1946, one of three on the block. A permit to build a house was taken out in February 1929 by J L Williams, owner and builder: $4,500.

Since 1940

  1. 1958A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 2017A building permit for a new building, valued at $890,500 (DB451737).
  3. 2017A building permit for demolition, valued at $15,000 (BU467317).
  4. 2019A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  5. 2021A building permit for a new building, valued at $225,000 (DB-2021-02606).
  6. 2021Today'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 6200 block of Churchill Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 6238 marked
The 6200 block of Churchill Street, on the stretch it shares with the 6100 block, between West 45th and West 47th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 6238, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). In 1912 the map draws nothing on the spot where 6238 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 6200 block in 1940

Churchill Street, on the stretch it shares with the 6100 block, between West 45th and West 47th 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.

Churchill Street, the 6200 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)

Churchill Street, block by block

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6238 Churchill Street, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2021, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/6238-churchill, 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.