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Downtown, Vancouver

840 Howe Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 840 Howe Street is Grosvenor Hotel; its name section adds nine people here under other surnames.

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9
people the 1940 directory lists here, all named in the book
Rebuilt in 1986
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Also at this address

  • Nine more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

HOWE

  1. 840Grosvenor Hotelp. 88
The lines for 840 Howe Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The building today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 840 now to 1986; nothing on the 800 block of Howe Street stands from before 1946: two doors along, 828 has a building from 1998.

Since 1940

  1. 1986Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 800 block in 1940

Howe 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.

Howe 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)

The 800 block of Howe Street

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840 Howe Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1986, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/840-howe, 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.