Strathcona, Vancouver

650 Glen Drive

In the 1915, 1920, 1925 and 1940 city directories.

Seymour Public Schoo in 1915 and Seymour Public School in 1920 are listed here in turn. In 1925, 650 Glen Drive is Seymour School.

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Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1915

The street section

  • Seymour Public Schoop. 55

Glen Drive is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.

1915Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory

Streets

GLEN DRIVE

  1. 650Seymour Public Schoop. 55
The lines for 650 Glen Drive in the 1915 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1920

The street section

  • Seymour Public Schoolp. 52

Glen Drive is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.

1920Henderson's Vancouver Directory

Streets

GLEN DRIVE

  1. 650Seymour Public Schoolp. 52
The lines for 650 Glen Drive in the 1920 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1925

The street section

Glen Drive is read from the 1925 directory's street section, line by line.

1925Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory

Streets

GLEN DRIVE

  1. 650Seymour Schp. 46
The lines for 650 Glen Drive in the 1925 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

In 1940

The 1940 directory lists Glen Drive but not 650.

Glen Drive is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 650 Glen Drive, so the building is probably gone (inferred).

The 600 block, year by year

Glen Drive between Keefer and East Georgia Streets, Strathcona: every door each year we've read lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red. Pick a year to read who lived at every door.

Glen Drive, the 600 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 1940 directory lists no one on this block.

West side, odd numbers

No west-side addresses in the 1915 and 1920 and 1925 and 1940 directories.

The 600 block of Glen Drive

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650 Glen Drive, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1915, 1920 and 1925 city directories. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/650-glen-drive, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The city directories of 1915 (Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory), 1920 (Henderson's Vancouver Directory), 1925 (Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory) and 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections where both are read, 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.