916 West Broadway

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 916 West Broadway is Leyland Apartments, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eight people here: Herbert Bellinger, a manager at the Leyland Apartments; Ernest H Drummond, a salesman; and six others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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9: 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
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1928: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

nine linesLeyland Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Herbert Bellingera manager at the Leyland Apartments · householder · suite 2p. 41
Ernest H Drummonda salesman · householder · suite 3p. 169
Robert H Haleof Empire Sheet Metal · householder · suite 5p. 247
M James Michelan electrician at the Canadian Government · householder · suite 7p. 427
Herbert H Reaa clerk at the CPR · householder · suite 4p. 512
L Jeane Stevensa nurse at E L Cox & A L Johnson · householder · suite 9p. 585
Harry L J Watchornan examiner at the Customs · householder · suite 1p. 643
Frederick J Wilkinsona supervisor at Slade & Stewart · householder · suite 6p. 660

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST BROADWAY

Names

The lines for 916 West 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The building today

916 West Broadway still has a building from before 1946, the only one left on the 900 block of West Broadway; the City's assessment record gives 1928 as its year built.

The 900 block in 1940

West Broadway, on the stretch it shares with the 1000 block, between Laurel and Spruce Streets, Fairview: 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 Broadway, the 900 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 900 block of West Broadway

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916 West Broadway, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1928 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/916-west-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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.