Vancouver / Kitsilano

Yew Street

21 addresses on 3 blocks of Yew Street in Kitsilano, with who the city directories list at each from 1905 to 1955. 13 of them still have the building the directories describe.

Start with 2339 Yew Street: an ordinary Kitsilano house with a new household every decade.

Who stayed

Every address on the street, decade by decade. A long run of one colour is a family that stayed; a row of changing colours is a house that turned over every time the canvasser came.

2205BatesHarringtonSealy2211MorehouseO'ConnorGruber2218TorenSkogly4 listings2221BakerClampMonksBrown2228KendallHowe2236HicksBowersClarke2305Grey2310RathburnDennisDunn2311ArmitageSteevesLawrenceLayton2320SwanWillisNicolson2321FitzgeraldHaywoodProctorBileski2327BourneWrightSmedleyHarbour2330ChasteneyQueeForsyth2339storyBrahamWitcherleyScottManning2343DeaneDe La GirodayDavisMcEwan2360Cottage Conf (The)2407RushtonForsyth2415CraigGwytherWoodfordMassey2421BrownMercerHamilton2455Clampitt2465Easton

Each colour is one household, joined across directories by surname. rose: a group label printed instead of names. hatched: after 1945, names withheld. outline: vacant or not listed. The square at the end is what stands there today.

The 2200 block

6 addresses in the directories; 6 still have their pre-1946 building.

Yew Street WEST SIDE · ODD EAST SIDE · EVEN 22002299 2205 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2205Bates Ernestoccupied, no name givenHarrington J E*Sealy Mrs A*a household2211 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2211Morehouse Walter SMorehouse Capt W SO'Connor J TGruber T S*a household2221 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2221Baker Malcolm EClamp R MMonks C*Brown F*a household2218 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1908, City's figure)2218Toren AxelToren AvacantSkogly Ra household +32228 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2228Kendall Dalby THowe M*Howe Mrs M D C*Howe Mrs M D C*a household2236 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2236Hicks John TBowers CClarke A T*Clarke A T*a householdNot in the 1905 directory
The 2200 block of Yew Street, Kitsilano. Lots are placed by house number.Scroll sideways on a small screen
Pre-1946 building still standsRebuilt after 1945Address gone todayNot matched*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
2 of 51915→25
1 of 41925→35
2 of 51935→45
Of the addresses with a named household in both directories, how many still had the same surname ten years on.

The 2300 block

10 addresses in the directories; 4 still have their pre-1946 building.

Yew Street WEST SIDE · ODD EAST SIDE · EVEN 23002399 2305 Yew Street · Gone2305Grey W Pa household2311 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2311Armitage GeoSteeves G*Lawrence C H*Layton A J*a household · photogra…2321 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2321Fitzgerald ClarenceHaywood WProctor C R*Bileski C Ja household +12327 Yew Street · Rebuilt (built 1965, City's figure)2327Bourne Robt HWright N KSmedley JHarbour E Ca household2339 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2339Braham Wm JWitcherley M AScott R*Manning D J*a household2343 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1910, City's figure)2343Deane ThosDe La Giroday MDavis Mrs MMcEwan F H*a household2310 Yew Street · Gone2310Rathburn A SDennis C GDunn Mrs Ha household2320 Yew Street · Gone2320Swan H LWillis CNicolson J Ba household2330 Yew Street · Gone2330Chasteney G GQuee HForsyth B Ba household2360 Yew Street · Rebuilt (built 1983, City's figure)2360Cottage Conf (The)Not in the 1905 directory
The 2300 block of Yew Street, Kitsilano. Lots are placed by house number.Scroll sideways on a small screen
Pre-1946 building still standsRebuilt after 1945Address gone todayNot matched*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
0 of 51915→25
0 of 81925→35
0 of 81935→45
Of the addresses with a named household in both directories, how many still had the same surname ten years on.

The 2400 block

5 addresses in the directories; 3 still have their pre-1946 building.

Yew Street WEST SIDE · ODD EAST SIDE · EVEN 24002499 2407 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2407vacantRushton J SForsyth J A*Forsyth Miss M W*a household2415 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2415Craig Wm JGwyther VWoodford H A*Massey Mrs M E*a household2421 Yew Street · Still standing (built 1912, City's figure)2421vacantBrown C*Mercer WHamilton J C*a household2455 Yew Street · Gone2455Clampitt W Ea household2465 Yew Street · Gone2465Easton Fa householdNO EAST-SIDE ADDRESSES IN THE DIRECTORIESNot in the 1905 directory
The 2400 block of Yew Street, Kitsilano. Lots are placed by house number.Scroll sideways on a small screen
Pre-1946 building still standsRebuilt after 1945Address gone todayNot matched*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
0 of 11915→25
0 of 31925→35
1 of 31935→45
Of the addresses with a named household in both directories, how many still had the same surname ten years on.