In 1940, 849 West Georgia Street is Devonshire Hotel, with six suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists three people here: Patrick H Devaney, a massage; Walter F Evans, a president at Devonshire Ltd; and Mrs Lillian C Flett, proprietor of Flett Beauty Shoppe. It lists 14 more people here under other surnames too.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, 14 of them named in the book
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Devonshire Hotelp. 57
- W F Evansp. 57
- Devonshire Ltdmarked *p. 57
- P H Devaneymassage · suite 100p. 57
- Flett Beauty Shoppesuite 118p. 57
- Devonshire Cab Servicep. 57
- Devonshire Cab Cop. 57
The household
- Patrick H Devaneya massage · suite 100p. 157
- Walter F Evansa president at Devonshire Ltd · householderp. 188
Also under the Flett name
- Mrs Lillian C Flettproprietor of Flett Beauty Shoppe · lives herep. 201
Also at this address
- 14 more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
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
- 849Devonshire Hotelp. 57
- 849Evans W Fp. 57
- 849*Devonshire Ltdp. 57
- 849100Devaney P H massagep. 57
- 849118Flett Beauty Shoppep. 57
- 849Devonshire Cab Servp. 57
- 849Devonshire Cab Cop. 57
Names
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 849 West Georgia Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 801, on the heritage register, still has its building from before 1946, one of two on the block.
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)
East side, odd numbers
West side, even numbers
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849 West Georgia Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/849-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.