Marpole, Vancouver

8550 Hudson Street

In the 1940 city directory.

C A Fleming is the name the 1940 street section prints at 8550 Hudson Street, marked as owning it, and no line in the name section matches it. Its name section lists one more person here: Amy Fleming, widow of A. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Rebuilt in 2003
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Also under the Fleming name

  • Amy Flemingwidow of A · lives herep. 200

Also at this address

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

Hudson Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Hudson Avenue; every number it gives sits on today's Hudson Street, so we take them for one street (inferred).

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

HUDSON

  1. 8550*Fleming C Ap. 89

Names

  1. Fleming Amy wid A r8550 Hudsonp. 200
The lines for 8550 Hudson 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 8550 now to 2003; no building from before 1946 is left on the 8500 block of Hudson Street; next door, 8530 has one the City dates to 1996.

Since 1940

  1. 2003Today'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 8500 block in 1940

Hudson Street, on the stretch it shares with the 8400 block, between West 67th and West 70th Avenues, Marpole: 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.

Hudson Street, the 8500 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 8500 block of Hudson Street

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8550 Hudson Street, Marpole, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2003, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/8550-hudson, 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.