674 Chilco Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 674 Chilco Street is Stuart Apartments, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists ten people here: Mary Carroll, widow of E; Mary C Carroll, an operator at the BC Telephone; and eight others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: Mrs M Kreisch. Its name section lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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14: people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

nine linesStuart Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Mary Carrollwidow of E · householder · suite 6p. 99
Mary C Carrollan operator at the BC Telephone · lives here · suite 6p. 99
John Grieveretired · householder · suite 4p. 241
Charles R Hardya janitor at the Royal Bank · householder · suite 2p. 254
Robert A Hoodproprietor of Hood Bros · householder · suite 8p. 280
Alex B McDermotta superintendent at Empire Stevedoring · householder · suite 5p. 369
Jack MacLureproprietor of Park Service Cap. 394
Frederick W Wildshouseholder · suite 7p. 659

Also under the Grieve name

Claude H Grievea salesman · lives here · suite 4p. 241
Frederick Kreischhouseholder · suite 3p. 331

Only in the street section

Mrs M Kreischsuite 3p. 30

Also at this address

Three more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CHILCO

Names

The lines for 674 Chilco 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.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 674 Chilco Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); no building from before 1946 is left on the 600 block of Chilco Street; next door, 676 has one the City dates to 1995.

The 600 block in 1940

Chilco Street between West Georgia and Alberni Streets, West End: 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.

Chilco Street, the 600 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

West side, odd numbers

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

East side, even numbers

Chilco Street, block by block

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674 Chilco Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/674-chilco, 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.