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Downtown, Vancouver

780 Seymour Street

In the 1940 city directory.

At 780 Seymour Street in 1940, the one listed is Lee Wo, who ran a laundry.

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

In 1940

The household

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

SEYMOUR

  1. 780Wo Lee lndy officep. 150

Names

  1. Wo Lee lndy 780 Seymourp. 670
The lines for 780 Seymour 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 City's list of addresses no longer has 780 Seymour Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 700 block of Seymour Street stands from before 1946: two doors along, 768 has a building from 1975.

The 700 block in 1940

Seymour 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.

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

The 700 block of Seymour Street

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

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/780-seymour, 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.