817 Granville Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists 21 suites and households at 817 Granville Street. Its name section lists one person here: Allen R Evans, a president at the Canadian Writers Service. The street section prints eleven more names the name section doesn't list: G J Nelson, S Mullett and nine others. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.

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13: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

22 linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Allen R Evansa president at the Canadian Writers Service · householder · suite 12p. 187

Only in the street section

G J Nelsonmusic teacher · suite 3p. 65
S Mullettmusic teacher · suite 7p. 65
Nature Hair Clinicsuite 8p. 65
D Bakermusic teacher · suite 14p. 65
Miss C E Tamesmusic teacher · suite 14p. 65
J de Rimanoczymusic teacher · suite 14p. 65
Miss M Purvismusic teacher · suite 14p. 65
Miss B Custancemusic teacher · suite 17p. 65
G R Nimmonsdentist · suite 20p. 65
G P Bainbridgephilatelist · suite 22p. 65
J D Wolferchiropractor · suite 24p. 65

Also at this address

One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

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

The lines for 817 Granville 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 817 Granville Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); directly across the street, 816 still has one from before 1946, one of eleven on the block.

The 800 block in 1940

Granville Street between Robson and Smithe 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.

Granville 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, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

The 800 block of Granville Street

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817 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/817-granville, 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.