In 1940, 732 Drake Street is Home Hotel, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists two people here: Katie Knott, widow of W P; and Jacob D Knott, a barber at Vancouver Hotel Barber Shop. It lists six more people here under other surnames too.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, six of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Katie Knottwidow of W P · householderp. 328
Also under the Knott name
- Jacob D Knotta barber at Vancouver Hotel Barber Shop · lives herep. 328
Also at this address
- Six more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Drake Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
DRAKE
Names
The building today
Not one of the four addresses the 1940 directory lists on the 700 block of Drake Street is on the City's list today, so the building at 732 is probably gone (inferred).
The 700 block in 1940
Drake Street between Rolston and Howe 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.
Drake 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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732 Drake Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/732-drake, 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.