Downtown, Vancouver

800 West Georgia Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 800 West Georgia Street is CN Institute Blind, with one household listed under it. The street section prints one name the name section doesn't list: Court House.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category A

In 1940

The street section

  • Court Housep. 57
  • CN Institute Blindconfectionerp. 57

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST GEORGIA

  1. 800Court Housep. 57
  2. 800CN Inst Blind confp. 57
The lines for 800 West Georgia Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The building today

800 West Georgia Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category A), as does 801 across the street.

The 800 block in 1940

West Georgia Street between Howe and Hornby 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.

West Georgia Street, the 800 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)

West side, even numbers

  1. 800CN Inst Blind +1stands

The 800 block of West Georgia Street

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800 West Georgia Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there, on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/800-west-georgia, 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.