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West End, Vancouver

855 Thurlow Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 855 Thurlow Street is The Cameron, an apartment building, with ten suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists ten people here: Edgar W Davis, an accountant at Saba Bros; Thomas M Donovan, a waiter at the Devonshire Hotel; and eight others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: Miss G Duke.

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11
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1926
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • eleven linesThe Cameron and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Edgar W Davisan accountant at Saba Bros · householder · suite 1p. 151
  • Thomas M Donovana waiter at the Devonshire Hotel · householder · suite 10p. 165
  • Margaret A Graya school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation · householder · suite 6p. 237
  • H Harrishouseholder · suite 4p. 256
  • Fanny McNeillwidow of A J · householder · suite 5p. 398
  • Percy S Scotta waiter at the Vancouver Hotel · householder · suite 2p. 548
  • George Storeya blacksmith · householder · suite 11p. 590
  • Francis G Warrena waiter at the Abbotsford Hotel · householder · suite 9p. 642

Also under the Davis name

  • Mervyn Davisa student at UBC · lives here · suite 1p. 152
  • Grace E Macdonaldwidow of F S · householder · suite 8p. 371

Only in the street section

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

THURLOW

  1. 855Cameron (The) aptsp. 155
  2. 8551Davis E Wp. 155
  3. 8552Scott P Sp. 155
  4. 8554Harris Hp. 155
  5. 8555McNeill Mrs Fp. 155
  6. 8556Gray Miss M Ap. 155
  7. 8557Duke Miss Gp. 155
  8. 8558MacDonaldp. 155
  9. 8559Warren F Gp. 155
  10. 85510Donovan T Mp. 155
  11. 85511Storey Gp. 155

Names

  1. Davis Edgar W acct Saba Bros h1, 855 Thurlowp. 151
  2. Donovan Thos M waiter Devonshire Hotel h10, 855 Thurlowp. 165
  3. Gray Margt A sch tchr Bby Corpn h6, 855 Thurlowp. 237
  4. Harris H h4, 855 Thurlowp. 256
  5. McNeill Fanny wid A J slswm h5, 855 Thurlowp. 398
  6. Scott Percy S waiter Van Hotel h2, 855 Thurlowp. 548
  7. Storey Geo blksmth h11, 855 Thurlowp. 590
  8. Warren Francis G waiter Abbotsford Hotel h9, 855 Thurlowp. 642
  9. Davis Mervyn studt UBC r1, 855 Thurlowp. 152
  10. Macdonald Grace E wid F S tkt slswm N Van Ferries h8, 855 Thurlowp. 371
The lines for 855 Thurlow 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

855 Thurlow Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 859 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1926 as its year built.

The 800 block in 1940

Thurlow Street between Robson and Haro Streets, West End: 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.

Thurlow 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 Thurlow Street

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855 Thurlow Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1926 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/855-thurlow, 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.