In 1940, 716 Smithe Street is Gresham Hotel, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists one person here: Helma Holm, proprietor of the Gresham Hotel. It lists 16 more people here under other surnames too.
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- 17
- people the 1940 directory lists here, 16 of them named in the book
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1908
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Helma Holmproprietor of the Gresham Hotel · householderp. 278
Also at this address
- 16 more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Smithe Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
SMITHE
Names
The building today
716 Smithe Street still has a building from before 1946, one of two on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1908 as its year built.
The 700 block in 1940
Smithe Street starting at Granville Street, 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.
Smithe Street, the 700 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
South side, even numbers
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716 Smithe Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1908 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/716-smithe, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 716 Smithe Street
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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.