925 Cardero Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 925 Cardero Street is Buckingham Apartments, with 22 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 25 people here: Laura B Anderson, widow of A C; Harvey Brooks, in manufacturers agents; and 23 others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: D McP McGugan. Its name section lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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28: people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1927: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

23 linesBuckingham Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Laura B Andersonwidow of A C · householder · suite 4p. 14
Harvey Brooksin manufacturers agents · householder · suite 34p. 71
Eugenie Buddwidow of A J · householder · suite 40p. 78
Arthur M Caesaron active service · householder · suite 23p. 85
Robert Clementsa vice-consul at Uruguay · householder · suite 37p. 115
Frances A Daywidow of J F · householder · suite 22p. 153
Mandel Dodekof Dodek Bros · householder · suite 24p. 162
Frank Forshawin advertising · householder · suite 38p. 204
Cleofe F Fortian assistant for Italian Consulate · householder · suite 33p. 204
C Sid Goldsteinhouseholder · suite 27p. 228
Homer T Gustafsona manager at the Buckingham Apartments · householder · suite 3p. 245
Hollis S Hooda traveller · householder · suite 26p. 280
William J Kenyona clerk at Canadian Pacific Steamships · householder · suite 36p. 320
Mabel A Kingwidow of W R · householder · suite 39p. 324
Mary R MacMillana school teacher · householder · suite 32p. 396
Norman J Matthewsa ticket clerk at the BC Coast Steamship Service · householder · suite 35p. 421
Arthur T Meighenan accountant at London & Western Trusts · householder · suite 5p. 424
Lawrence E Newa manager at the Windsor Theatre · householder · suite 21p. 457
Hugh G Stathama wharf baggage agent at the CPR · householder · suite 2p. 582
Esther F Vancewidow of L D · householder · suite 31p. 627
C Keith Watsona movie operator at the Plaza Theatre · householder · suite 1p. 644

Also under the Budd name

Denis A C Budda carpenter · lives here · suite 40p. 78
Ron R Kinga creditman at the Industrial Acceptance Corporation · lives here · suite 39p. 324
Jean MacMillana stenographer at J M Brown Motor · lives here · suite 32p. 396
Dorothy R Stathama stenographer · lives here · suite 2p. 582

Only in the street section

D McP McGugansuite 25p. 26

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CARDERO

Names

The lines for 925 Cardero 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 Cardero Street still has a building from before 1946, one of seven on the block; its permit is from 1927, and the City's assessment record gives 1927 as its year built. A permit to build miscellaneous was taken out in July 1927 by C S Gustafson, owner and builder: architect Henry Holdsby Simmonds, $60,000; the 1940 directory lists the Gustafson name here.

Since 1940

1998–2024Licensed as an apartment house.

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 Cardero Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 925 marked — The 900 block of Cardero Street, on the stretch it shares with the 1000 and 1100 blocks, between Haro and Davie 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). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 900 block in 1940

Cardero Street, on the stretch it shares with the 1000 and 1100 blocks, between Haro and Davie 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.

Cardero 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)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

Cardero Street, block by block

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925 Cardero 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.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/925-cardero, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.