H Hutchison, Turner (no first name printed) and C Mayman are listed at 665 East 15th Avenue in 1940, as three households. Its name section gives two in full: Mrs Turner; and Cyril Mayman, on active service. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.
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- 5
- 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
The household
- Cyril Maymanon active service · householder · suite 4p. 423
Also under the Turner name
- Mrs Turnerhouseholder · suite 2p. 621
Also at this address
- Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
East 15th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
EAST 15TH
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 665 East 15th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); three doors along, 657 still has one from before 1946, one of three on the block.
The 600 block in 1940
East 15th Avenue between Kingsway and Fraser Street, Mount Pleasant: 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.
East 15th Avenue, the 600 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
- 615West Coast Vulcanizinggone
- 619Kidd Bros +2gone
- 621Bennett F T +1gone
- 623Fraser Plmbg & Stovesgone
- 625Highway Clnrs & Dyers +3gone
- 631Western Crown Mfgstands
- 633vacantgone
- 635Pong H Brosgone
- 639Sheriff Bakerygone
- 649Ross M +2gone
- 651Safeway Storestands
- 653Bradbury C J +1gone
- 655Bradbury J Cgone
- 657Reliable Washer Serv +6stands
- 661Cloverdale Farm Prod +1gone
- 663Fuller's Billiard Parlorgone
- 665Hutchison H +2gone
- 667Parent L J +1gone
- 675Bellerby Mrs Ogone
South side, even numbers
No south-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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665 East 15th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/665-east-15th-avenue, 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.