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Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

866 East Broadway

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 866 East Broadway is Poulsen Block, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists five people here: Edwin R Andre, a cat operator; Andrew G Johnstone, a miner; and three others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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6
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1912
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Edwin R Andrea cat operator · householder · suite 2p. 15
  • Andrew G Johnstonea miner · householder · suite 3p. 309
  • Benjamin H Popea porter at the CPR · householder · suite 6p. 498
  • Vincent O Shannona salesman at Union Oil · householder · suite 4p. 553

Also under the Andre name

  • Edwin J Andrea doorman at the Music Box Theatre · lives here · suite 2p. 15

Also at this address

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

East Broadway is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST BROADWAY

  1. 866Poulsen Block aptsp. 15
  2. 8662Andre E Rp. 15
  3. 8663Johnstone A Gp. 15
  4. 8664Shannon V Op. 15
  5. 8666Pope B Hp. 15

Names

  1. Andre Edwin R cat opr h2, 866 East Broadwayp. 15
  2. Johnstone Andw G miner h3, 866 East Broadwayp. 309
  3. Pope Benj H porter CPR h6, 866 East Broadwayp. 498
  4. Shannon Vincent O slsmn Union Oil h4, 866 East Broadwayp. 553
  5. Andre Edwin J doormn Music Box Thea r2, 866 East Broadwayp. 15
The lines for 866 East Broadway 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

866 East Broadway still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), one of six on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.

Since 1940

  1. 1997–2018Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).

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 of East Broadway on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 866 marked
The 800 block of East Broadway, between Prince Albert and St. Catherines Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 866, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 800 block in 1940

East Broadway between Prince Albert and St. Catherines Streets, Mount Pleasant: 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.

East Broadway, 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 East Broadway

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866 East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/866-east-broadway, 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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.