J Negreiff, who kept rooms to let, is the one line the 1940 street section prints at 842 Hornby Street, and no line in the name section matches it; its name section adds four more people here under other surnames.
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- 5
- people the 1940 directory lists here, four of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- J Negreiffrooms to letp. 86
Also at this address
- Four more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Hornby Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 842 Hornby Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); no building from before 1946 is left on the 800 block of Hornby Street, and across the street the City dates 845's to 1963.
The 800 block in 1940
Hornby 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.
Hornby 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
- 804Doyle Sch of Dancing +1gone
- 806Robson Transfer +3gone
- 808Nelson E Wgone
- 812vacantgone
- 816Cameron Constn Co Ltd +2gone
- 818Gladwin Dr J Sgone
- 820Gillette's Ltdgone
- 822B C Govt Liq Storegone
- 832Hecker M J +2gone
- 836Eccles E Mgone
- 842Negreiff Jgone
- 846Clement F E +1gone
- 850Longlitz W Bgone
- 852Allen L Hgone
- 854Hornby Confgone
- 860Smith W A +1gone
- 866Meehan M Jgone
- 870Graham Mrs S Bgone
- 876Loggers Agcygone
- 878Rosicrucian Ordergone
- 882Brown Mrs L Rgone
- 886Aston Egone
- 892Lafayette Apts +4gone
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842 Hornby Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/842-hornby, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 842 Hornby Street
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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.