
1055 Denman Street – Vancouver City Archives – AM1348 – CVA 1348-12 – 1968; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/index.php/1055-denman-at-n-w-corner-with-comox.
1055 Denman Street was on the northwest corner of Denman Street and Comox Street.
Legal Description: District Lot: 185; Block: 69; south half of Lot 40.

Denman Street – between Nelson Street and Comox Street – Detail from Goad’s Atlas of the city of Vancouver – 1912 – Vol 1 – Plate 8 – Barclay Street to English Bay and Cardero Street to Stanley Park

1037 Denman Street, 1047 Denman Street, 1055 Denman Street; detail from detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, Volume 1, Plate 54 [Denman Street to Haro Street to Chilco Street to Comox Street]; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-54-denman-street-to-haro-street-to-chilco-street-to-comox-street.
There are no references to this property in Heritage Vancouver Society’s database of historic building permits: http://permits.heritagevancouver.org/index.php?cID=1 [searched July 4, 2019].
Vancouver directory listings from 1901 to 1920:
1901 | MacDonald, John Archibald |
1902 to 1910 | Geddes, John Percival |
1911 | Johnstone, John Sutherland |
1912 to 1913 | Sankey, Arthur Vernon |
1914 to 1916 | Brenton, Charles Jewell |
1917 | Occupied |
1918 to 1920 | St. John, Henry Augustus Bolingbroke |
In 1917, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.
In 1928, the occupant of 1055 Denman Street was involved in a series of discussions with city officials about the use of fences on city boulevards.
From the 1940s to the early 1970s, the house offered rental accommodations.

1055 Denman Street; detail from First Beach, 1954; BO-54-211; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

1055 Denman Street; 1962; detail from West End from the air; Vancouver City Archives; Air P96; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/west-end-from-air.
Since 1970, a series of convenience stores has been at this location.

Northwest corner of Denman Street and Comox Street; Google Streets, searched July 4, 2019; image dated May 2009.
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