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West End, Vancouver

925 Bute Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 925 Bute Street is The Plaza, an apartment building, with 19 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 22 people here: Ralph H Boothe, a traveller freight agent at the CPR; John McL Campbell, a contract department manager at T Eaton Co; and 20 others. It lists seven more people here under other surnames too.

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29
people the 1940 directory lists here, seven of them named in the book
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1927
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • 20 linesThe Plaza and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Ralph H Boothea traveller freight agent at the CPR · householder · suite 24p. 56
  • John McL Campbella contract department manager at T Eaton Co · householder · suite 20p. 90
  • Alfred E Cronshawretired · householder · suite 17p. 139
  • Walter Evansan elevator operator at the Georgia Hotel · householder · suite 2p. 188
  • Robert O Frisbya switchman at the National Harbours Board · householder · suite 5p. 211
  • Robert J Frizellan electrician · householder · suite 14p. 211
  • Lewis F Hoya lumberman · householder · suite 23p. 286
  • Herbert D Kingwho worked for R S Day & Son · householder · suite 21p. 324
  • Mary E V Lancastera nurse · householder · suite 27p. 335
  • James S Lorda police officer at the BC Government · householder · suite 12p. 355
  • Frank McDonalda traveller at Leckie · householder · suite 26p. 370
  • Innes Macdougallan engineer at the BC Coast Steamship Service · householder · suite 22p. 374
  • Agnes MacMillanwidow of C · householder · suite 15p. 395
  • Wilfred Murphyproprietor of Glaz-O-Nut Doughnut Supplies · householder · suite 10p. 449
  • Frank Slowina president at F Slowin Ltd · householder · suite 25p. 566
  • Felix Tattersalla clerk at Macaulay Nicolls & Maitland · householder · suite 1p. 602
  • George J Wenbornhouseholder · suite 4p. 650
  • Harry E Whitea managing director at Art Engraving · householder · suite 16p. 655

Also under the Hoy name

  • Margaret H Hoya stenographer at L C Fraser · lives here · suite 23p. 286
  • J Innes Macdougalla school vice-principal at Richmond Municipality · lives here · suite 22p. 374
  • Mrs Ellen Tattersalla manager at The Plaza · lives here · suite 1p. 602
  • Helen Tattersalla saleswoman · lives here · suite 1p. 602

Also at this address

  • Seven more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BUTE

  1. 925Plaza (The) aptsp. 23
  2. 9251Tattersall Fp. 23
  3. 9252Evans Wp. 23
  4. 9253Occupiedp. 23
  5. 9254Wenborn Gp. 23
  6. 9255Frisby R Op. 23
  7. 92510Murphy Wp. 23
  8. 92512Lord J Sp. 23
  9. 92514Frizell R Jp. 23
  10. 92515MacMillan Mrs Ap. 23
  11. 92516White H Ep. 23
  12. 92517Crenshaw A Ep. 23
  13. 92520Campbell J McLp. 23
  14. 92521King H Dp. 23
  15. 92522Macdougall Ip. 23
  16. 92523Hoy L Fp. 23
  17. 92524Boothe R Hp. 23
  18. 92525Slowin Fp. 23
  19. 92526McDonald Fp. 23
  20. 92527Lancaster Miss M E Vp. 23

Names

  1. Boothe Ralph H trav frt agt CPR h24, 925 Butep. 56
  2. Campbell John McL contract dept mgr T Eaton Co h20, 925 Butep. 90
  3. Cronshaw Alfd E retired h17, 925 Butep. 139
  4. Evans Walter elev opr Georgia Hotel h2, 925 Butep. 188
  5. Frisby Robt O swchmn NHB h5, 925 Butep. 211
  6. Frizell Robt J electn h14, 925 Butep. 211
  7. Hoy Lewis F lbrmn h23, 925 Butep. 286
  8. King Herbt D emp R S Day & Son h21, 925 Butep. 324
  9. Lancaster Mary E V nurse h27, 925 Butep. 335
  10. Lord Jas S police BC Govt h12, 925 Butep. 355
  11. McDonald Frank trav Leckie h26, 925 Butep. 370
  12. Macdougall Innes eng BCCSS h22, 925 Butep. 374
  13. MacMillan Agnes wid C h15, 925 Butep. 395
  14. Murphy Wilfd prop Glaz-O-Nut Doughnut Supp h10, 925 Butep. 449
  15. Slowin Frank pres F Slowin Ltd h25, 925 Butep. 566
  16. Tattersall Felix clk Macaulay Nicolls & Maitland h1, 925 Butep. 602
  17. Wenborn Geo J h4, 925 Butep. 650
  18. White Harry E mng dir Art Engraving h16, 925 Butep. 655
  19. Hoy Margt H sten L C Fraser r23, 925 Butep. 286
  20. Macdougall J Innes sch v-prin Richmond Mun r22, 925 Butep. 374
  21. Tattersall Mrs Ellen mgr The Plaza r1, 925 Butep. 602
  22. Tattersall Helen slswm r1, 925 Butep. 602
The lines for 925 Bute 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

925 Bute Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), one of six on the block; the City dates it to 1927, after the 1912 map, so it may have replaced the wood-frame building drawn there (inferred).

Since 1940

  1. 1997–2024Licensed 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 900 block of Bute Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 925 marked
The 900 block of Bute Street, between Barclay and Nelson Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 925, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws three buildings on the lot at 925; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 900 block in 1940

Bute Street between Barclay and Nelson 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.

Bute Street, 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)

Bute Street, block by block

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925 Bute Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1927 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/925-bute, 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.