Vancouver / Churchill Street / Kerrisdale

Kerrisdale, Vancouver

6388 Churchill Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The Dunsmuir family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 6388 Churchill Street, has three people listed here: Anna B Dunsmuir, a school teacher; James F Dunsmuir, a store superintendent at the Canadian (BC) Telephone; and Mary Dunsmuir, widow of J; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.

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4
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1929
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Anna B Dunsmuira school teacher · householderp. 173

Also under the Dunsmuir name

  • James F Dunsmuira store superintendent at the Canadian (BC) Telephone · lives herep. 173
  • Mary Dunsmuirwidow of J · lives herep. 173

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CHURCHILL

  1. 6388*Dunsmuir Miss A Bp. 30

Names

  1. Dunsmuir Anna B sch tchr Van City h6388 Churchillp. 173
  2. Dunsmuir Jas F store supt Can (BC) Tel r6388 Churchillp. 173
  3. Dunsmuir Mary wid J r6388 Churchillp. 173
The lines for 6388 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

6388 Churchill Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 6387 across the street; its permit is from 1929, and the City's assessment record gives 1929 as its year built. A permit to build a house was taken out in June 1929 by Anna B Dunsmuir: builder F Young, architect McCarter & Nairne, $5,000; the 1940 directory lists the Dunsmuir name here.

Since 1940

  1. 1960A major renovation, by BC Assessment'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 6300 block of Churchill Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 6388 marked
The 6300 block of Churchill Street, on the stretch it shares with the 6400 block, between West 47th and West 49th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 6388, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). In 1912 the map draws nothing on the spot where 6388 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 6300 block in 1940

Churchill Street, on the stretch it shares with the 6400 block, between West 47th and West 49th 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 6300 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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6388 Churchill Street, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1929 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/6388-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.