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Downtown, Vancouver

722 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 722 Granville Street is Scott's Cafe, with ten suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists three people here: Robert O Kerans, an insurance manager for E A Alm; Edward A Laniger, in meats at Atlee's Meat Market; and Dora Nurse, a massage. The street section prints four more names the name section doesn't list: C N Conley, B E Hodson and two others.

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7
people the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • eleven linesScott's Cafe and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Robert O Keransan insurance manager for E A Alm · householder · suite 10p. 320
  • Edward A Lanigerin meats at Atlee's Meat Market · householder · suite 15p. 337
  • Dora Nursea massage · suite 6p. 465

Only in the street section

  • C N Conleymusic teacher · suite 3p. 64
  • B E Hodsonmusic arranger · suite 3p. 64
  • R F Edmondsdentist · suite 5p. 64
  • Miss B Cavendishdancing teacher · suite 8p. 64

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

GRANVILLE

  1. 722Scott's Cafep. 64
  2. 722Scott's Bldgp. 64
  3. 7221Picardy Beauty Shopp. 64
  4. 7223Conley C N mus tchrp. 64
  5. 7223Hodson B E mus arrangerp. 64
  6. 7225Edmonds R F dentistp. 64
  7. 7226Nurse Dora massagep. 64
  8. 7228Cavendish Miss B dancing tchrp. 64
  9. 7228Retail Selling Clubp. 64
  10. 72210Kerans R Op. 64
  11. 72215Laniger E Ap. 64

Names

  1. Kerans Robt O ins mgr E A Alm h10, 722 Granvillep. 320
  2. Laniger Edw A meats 2221 Main and prop Atlee's Meat Mkt h15, 722 Granvillep. 337
  3. Nurse Dora massage 6, 722 Granvillep. 465
The lines for 722 Granville 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 722 Granville Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 736, four doors along on the same side.

The 700 block in 1940

Granville Street between West Georgia and Robson 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.

Granville Street, the 700 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

The 700 block of Granville Street

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722 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/722-granville, 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.