Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver

960 Kingsway

In the 1940 city directory.

The City of Vancouver employed Charles C Mulligan as a superintendent fire alarm and police patrol, who headed the household at 960 Kingsway in 1940.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Charles C Mulligana superintendent fire alarm and police patrol at the City of Vancouver · householderp. 447

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

The lines for 960 Kingsway 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 house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 960 Kingsway, so the building is probably gone (inferred); no building from before 1946 is left on the 900 block of Kingsway; next door, 944 has one the City dates to 1975.

The 900 block in 1940

Kingsway, on the stretch it shares with the 1000 block, between St. Catherines Street and Glen Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage: 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.

Kingsway, 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)

The 900 block of Kingsway

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960 Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/960-kingsway, 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.