Vancouver / Denman Street / West End

West End, Vancouver

980 Denman Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 980 Denman Street is Denman Court, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eleven people here: Mrs Henrietta Haigh; Tom Phillips; and nine others. The street section prints three more names the name section doesn't list: S Kirkham, Mrs I A Devon and R N Cusack. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.

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15
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • nine linesDenman Court and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Mrs Henrietta Haighhouseholder · suite 8p. 247
  • Tom Phillipshouseholder · suite 7p. 493
  • David B Ramagean inspector at Boeing's · householder · suite 6p. 509
  • Henry Scarisbricka superintendent cargo at the Canadian Australasian Line · householder · suite 2p. 545
  • Mrs May C Stronghouseholder · suite 3p. 592

Also under the Devon name

  • Bette Devona parceller at Spencer's · lives here · suite 5p. 158
  • Ashleigh Haigha salesman at Woodward's · lives here · suite 8p. 247
  • Margaret E J Phillipsa stenographer for J L Trumbull · lives here · suite 7p. 493
  • R Adelaide Phillipsa clerk at the BC Electric Railway · lives here · suite 7p. 493
  • Richard G Scarisbricka student at UBC · lives here · suite 2p. 545
  • Carol L Stronglives here · suite 3p. 592

Only in the street section

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

DENMAN

  1. 980Denman Court aptsp. 42
  2. 9802Scarisbrick Hp. 42
  3. 9803Strong Mrs M Cp. 42
  4. 9804Kirkham Sp. 42
  5. 9805Devon Mrs I Ap. 42
  6. 9806Ramage D Bp. 42
  7. 9807Phillips Tp. 42
  8. 9808Haigh Mrs Hp. 42
  9. 980basementCusack R Np. 42

Names

  1. Haigh Mrs Henrietta h8, 980 Denmanp. 247
  2. Phillips Tom h7, 980 Denmanp. 493
  3. Ramage David B inspr Boeing's h6, 980 Denmanp. 509
  4. Scarisbrick Henry super cargo Can Aust Line h2, 980 Denmanp. 545
  5. Strong Mrs May C h3, 980 Denmanp. 592
  6. Devon Bette parceller Spencers r5, 980 Denmanp. 158
  7. Haigh Ashleigh slsmn Woodwards r8, 980 Denmanp. 247
  8. Phillips Margt E J sten J L Trumbull r7, 980 Denmanp. 493
  9. Phillips R Adelaide clk BCER r7, 980 Denmanp. 493
  10. Scarisbrick Richd G studt UBC r2, 980 Denmanp. 545
  11. Strong Carol L r3, 980 Denmanp. 592
The lines for 980 Denman 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

The City's list of addresses no longer has 980 Denman Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 991, on the other side of the street, one of five on the block.

The 900 block in 1940

Denman Street, on the stretch it shares with the 800 block, between Robson 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.

Denman 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)

Denman Street, block by block

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980 Denman Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/980-denman, 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.