Sunset, Vancouver

7686 Prince Edward Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Reinhold M Schultz worked as a helper at Pacific Meat and headed the household at 7686 Prince Edward Street in 1940.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 2011
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Reinhold M Schultza helper at Pacific Meat · householderp. 547

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

PRINCE EDWARD

  1. 7686Schultz R Mp. 137

Names

  1. Schultz Reinhold M hlpr Pac Meat h7686 Prince Edwardp. 547
The lines for 7686 Prince Edward 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 house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 7686 now to 2011; the 7600 block of Prince Edward Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 7695, with a building from 1980.

Since 1940

  1. 2011Today'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

Prince Edward Street between East 60th and East 61st 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.

Prince Edward 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 Prince Edward Street

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7686 Prince Edward Street, Sunset, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2011, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/7686-prince-edward, 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.