812 Robson Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 812 Robson Street is Sprott-Shaw Bus School, with twelve suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists three people here: Edith M F Boggs; Alex S Fraser, a janitor at Court House Block; and Mrs Laura E Olson, a dressmaker. The street section prints four more names the name section doesn't list: Court House Block, Mrs E M Price and two others.

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7: people the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

13 linesSprott-Shaw Bus School and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Edith M F Boggssuite 7p. 54
Alex S Frasera janitor at Court House Block · householder · suite 4p. 208
Mrs Laura E Olsona dressmaker · suite 8p. 471

Only in the street section

Court House Blockp. 143
Mrs E M Pricedressmaker · suite 6p. 143
Miss I E Williamsondressmaker · suite 10p. 143
A B Kellydentist · suite 16p. 143

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ROBSON

Names

The lines for 812 Robson 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 building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 812 Robson Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 800 block of Robson Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 800, with a building from 1980.

The 800 block in 1940

Robson Street, 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.

Robson Street, the 800 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

North side, odd numbers

No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

South side, even numbers

The 800 block of Robson Street

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812 Robson Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/812-robson, 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.