887 Keefer Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Stigmatine Fathers and Rev J Bortignon are listed at 887 Keefer Street in 1940, as two households. Its name section gives one of them in full: Rev Joachim Bortignon, a director for Stigmatine Fathers. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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2: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Rebuilt in 1949: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Stigmatine Fathersp. 94
Rev J Bortignonp. 94

The household

Rev Joachim Bortignona director for Stigmatine Fathers · householderp. 57

Also at this address

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

The 800 block of Keefer Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 500, 600 and 700 blocks of Keefer Street are read from every directory, 1905 to 1955.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

KEEFER

Names

Bortignon Rev Joachim pastor Sacred Heart Catholic Ch and dir Stigmatine Fathers h887 Keeferp. 57

The lines for 887 Keefer 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 house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 887 now to 1949; directly across the street, 886 still has one from before 1946, one of 25 on the block.

Since 1940

1949Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
1955A major renovation, by BC Assessment'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 800 block of Keefer Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 887 marked — The 800 block of Keefer Street, between Hawks and Campbell Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 887, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 800 block in 1940

Keefer Street between Hawks and Campbell Avenues, Strathcona: 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.

Keefer 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)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

The 800 block of Keefer Street

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887 Keefer Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1949, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/887-keefer, 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.