Vancouver / Keefer Street / Strathcona

797 Keefer Street

A building first listed in the 1915 directory. Three named households between 1915 and 1945. The address is gone today.

Not in the directory1905
5 listings5 listings1915Apartments7 listings1925Kirby Block apts7 to 10 listings a year1935–1955
Read every ten years. A band is one household, joined across directories by surname; tap one for its directory page. After 1945 the directories' names aren't shown.

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by 1915
first listed in the directories
Address gone
today, by the City's records

The building

In 1915 it is a building of suites or rooms, with 5 listings.

In 1925 it is a building of suites or rooms, Apartments, with 7 listings.

From 1935 to 1955 it is a building of suites or rooms, Kirby Block apts, with 7 to 10 listings a year.

Today

The City no longer lists this address. Lots here were merged or redeveloped, so the building is almost certainly gone.

The neighbours

The 700 block of Keefer Street. Your lot is outlined in red; pick a year to see who the directory lists on every lot.

Keefer Street NORTH SIDE · ODD SOUTH SIDE · EVEN 700799 711 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)711Allardyce, Thomas“Chinese”Nakatsukai KNakatsuka IWilson Ra household715 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1901, City's figure)715Archer, —Deakoff JohnWalters Mrs EWalter B*Walters B*a household721 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1901, City's figure)721Fowler, C. M.Tomo FrankBuckshon J*Tiilikana T*Tiilikana Ta household727 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1901, City's figure)727“Cabins”“Cabins”“Cabins”*Cabins*a household · cabins733 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)733False Creek GroceryB C Distribs Co +1“Orientals”Creer C H*a household737 Keefer Street · Rebuilt (built 1974, City's figure)737Caldwell, J. A.Caldwell John AvacantByman OJohnson Mrs Ea household743 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1901, City's figure)743Doig, William“Chinese”“Japanese”Okimura MNiemi P Ja household747 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1900, City's figure)747Elsom, Albertvacantnot listedWoo Mrs L*Osterback Aa household751 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1900, City's figure)751Lasbury, Georgevacant“Japanese”Lee C Toccupied, no name givena household753 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1900, City's figure)753Mason, JohnErickson Ernest AStephen W“Orientals”Ruoho Ea household765 Keefer Street · Rebuilt (built 1979, City's figure)765Toso Mrs CGentile Miss Cnot listed767 Keefer Street · Rebuilt (built 1979, City's figure)767vacantvacant*Yugoslav Educational H…783 Keefer Street · Rebuilt (built 1986, City's figure)783Drost, John T.Pursell Joseph ELind AOja Mrs ELee Gvacant791 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1905, City's figure)791Harding T WSpreckley Mrs EFrost Ja household795 Keefer Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)795Kirby, GeorgeBurthe Mrs —Condren HEast End Realtynot listeda household797 Keefer Street · Gone797Olin Otto +4Apartments +6Kirby Block apts +8*Kirby Block +9Kirby Blk apts +6799 Keefer Street · Gone799Smith Geo HChong Yew CoBevilacqua LKeefer GroKeefer Gro +1702 Keefer Street · Gone702Cobeldeck, JohnGogowris BHary GLoxton JLane HHenry's Gro708 Keefer Street · Gone708MacLean, James T.Hoskins Mrs GracePavlukoff J“Orientals”*Baltman Ba household710 Keefer Street · Rebuilt (built 1964, City's figure)710Rowley, Joseph P.vacantBrekson S*Linn C*Anderson Aa household722 Keefer Street · Gone722Summerville, WilliamRalph DanlTerho A*Terho A*Luhtala C*a household726 Keefer Street · Gone726Griffiths, DellCarroll Mrs EmmavacantRubich M*Jang Ha household730 Keefer Street · Gone730Gibbons, J. W.vacant“Chinese”“Orientals”Eng W*a household734 Keefer Street · Gone734Fraser, Simon P.Victoria Dye Works +10Eagle Apts +6Eagle Apts +4Eagle Apts +13Eagle Apts +12742 Keefer Street · Gone742Monk, Frank“Foreigners”“Chinese”“Orientals”Jeskay R*a household746 Keefer Street · Gone746Carnie, EbenezerAnsell Edwin GMcClatchey WBesnick ABesnick A B*a household750 Keefer Street · Gone750Constantine, CharlesLeslie ThosOlsen AHiggins DNichol Hvacant752 Keefer Street · Gone752“Cabins”not listed“Orientals”Greening Kena household770 Keefer Street · Gone770Gibbs, Walternot listedoccupied, no name given“Orientals”*Liega Ba household778 Keefer Street · Gone778Yarco, August +1“Foreigners”Hite H*Augustino FAugustine Mrs M*a household784 Keefer Street · Gone784Reid, Herbert E.Hewson Wmoccupied, no name given*Carvetta R*Zajac A*a household +1792 Keefer Street · Gone792Rahy Richd NRahy R*Rahy RHarding J Sa household796 Keefer Street · Gone796Harris, WilliamGaston JohnNordin A*Zitko J*Zitko J*a household
The 700 block of Keefer Street, Strathcona. Lots are placed by house number.Scroll sideways on a small screen
Pre-1946 building still standsRebuilt after 1945Address gone todayNot matched*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
1 of 141905→15
1 of 121915→25
3 of 131925→35
4 of 191935→45
Who stayed on the 700 block: of the addresses with a named household in both directories, how many still had the same surname ten years on.

The record

Each directory's listing for this address, as printed, with its page at the Vancouver Public Library. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

1905

Not in the directory this year.

Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory

1915
  • 1Olin Otto
  • 2Stewart Wm L
  • 3Hanley John
  • 6Quinby John R
  • 7Swanson Danl

Reader's note: Listed under the 797 Apartments.

Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, p. 98

1925
  • Apartmentsbuilding
  • 1McDonald J
  • 2Harris Mrs G
  • 3Anderson P
  • 4Fingzies D
  • 5Young V
  • 6McArthur A

Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory, p. 71

1935
  • Kirby Block aptsbuilding
  • 1Valente Miss P
  • 2*De Camillis A
  • 3Arffman R
  • 4Fong Miss N
  • 5Young R
  • 6Smyth Miss L
  • 7Tuominen E
  • 8Aelby Miss M

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, p. 88

1945
  • *Kirby Blockbuilding
  • 1Paupera M
  • 2*De Camillis Mrs A
  • 3Pavan R
  • 4Suojanes E
  • 5Ponak D
  • 6Mathews E J
  • 7Koski A
  • 8Steel Miss I
  • 10Ming D

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, p. 85

1955
  • Kirby Blk aptsbuilding
  • 1a household
  • 2a household
  • 3a household
  • 4a household
  • 5a household
  • 6a household

7 listings. Names of residents after 1945 aren't shown; businesses and buildings are.

Vancouver and New Westminster City Directory, p. 131

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, 1905–1955, street sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each year in the record 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.