Vancouver / East Broadway / Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

743 East Broadway

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists five suites and households at 743 East Broadway. Its name section lists four people here: Charles L Brundage, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway; Cyril H Coello, an apprentice at Boardman-Shaw; and two others. The street section prints two more names the name section doesn't list: Mrs B Milgam and C Garnett. Its name section lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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9
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

The household

  • Charles L Brundagea conductor at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 1p. 76
  • Cyril H Coelloan apprentice at Boardman-Shaw · householder · suite 2p. 118
  • John Gorehouseholder · suite 4p. 231

Also under the Garnett name

  • Jean Garnettlives here · suite 3p. 217

Also at this address

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

East Broadway is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST BROADWAY

  1. 7431Brundage C Lp. 15
  2. 7431AMilgam Mrs Bp. 15
  3. 7432Coello C Hp. 15
  4. 7433Garnett Cp. 15
  5. 7434Gore Jp. 15

Names

  1. Brundage Chas L cond BCER h1, 743 East Broadwayp. 76
  2. Coello Cyril H appr Boardman-Shaw h2, 743 East Broadwayp. 118
  3. Gore John h4, 743 East Broadwayp. 231
  4. Garnett Jean r3, 743 East Broadwayp. 217
The lines for 743 East Broadway 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 house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 743 East Broadway, so the building is probably gone (inferred); directly across the street, 742 still has one from before 1946, one of seven on the block.

The 700 block in 1940

East Broadway between Fraser and Prince Albert Streets, 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 Broadway, 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 East Broadway

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743 East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/743-east-broadway, 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.