Sunset, Vancouver

7630 Main Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The Neufeld family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 7630 Main Street, has five people listed here: Henry P Neufeld; Helmut Neufeld; Emma K Neufeld, a domestic; and two others; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.

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6
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Rebuilt in 2004
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Helmut Neufeldlives herep. 457
  • Henry P Neufeldhouseholderp. 457

Also under the Neufeld name

  • Emma K Neufelda domestic · lives herep. 457
  • Frieda Neufelda maid for P Milne · lives herep. 457
  • Leona Neufeldlives herep. 457

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

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

The lines for 7630 Main 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 7630 now to 2004; the nearest that still stands is 7601, on the other side of the street, one of two on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 2004Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 7600 block in 1940

Main Street, on the stretch it shares with the 7500 and 7700 blocks, between East 59th and East 62nd Avenues, Sunset: 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.

Main Street, the 7600 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 7600 block of Main Street

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7630 Main Street, Sunset, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2004, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/7630-main, 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.