The 1940 directory lists three firms and two other lines at 650 Richards Street. The street section prints two names the name section doesn't list: Catholic Charities and BC Catholic. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 3
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1901
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- Holy Rosary Hallp. 141
- “St Vincent de Paul Soc”p. 141
- Catholic Charitiesp. 141
- BC Catholicp. 141
- Catholic Dental Clinicp. 141
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Richards Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
RICHARDS
The building today
650 Richards Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 646 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1901 as its year built.
Since 1940
- TodayProtected by the City's municipal designation.
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 600 block in 1940
Richards Street between Dunsmuir and West Georgia 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.
Richards Street, the 600 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
West side, odd numbers
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650 Richards Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1901 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/650-richards, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 650 Richards Street
Every directory, as one book
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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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.