1054 Denman Street

1034 Denman Street; 1040 Denman Street; 1048 Denman Street; and 1054 Denman Street; 1000 Block Denman Street, east side; 1962; detail from West End from the air, Vancouver City Archives; Air P96; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/west-end-from-air.

 

1054 Denman Street was on the east side of Denman Street, between Nelson Street and Comox Street.

Legal Description: District Lot: 185; Block: 59; Lot: 15.

 

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.

 

 

1034 Denman Street; 1040 Denman Street; 1048 Denman Street; 1054 Denman Street; detail from Chas. E. Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, Volume 1, Plate 55 [Cardero Street to Haro Street to Denman Street to Comox Street]; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-55-cardero-street-to-haro-street-to-denman-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 October 16, 2019].

Vancouver directory listings from 1905 to 1920.

 

1905	Vacant
1906 to 1909	Smith, Arthur Gordon
1910 to 1911	Kappele, Arthur James
1912 to 1914	Allan, Mrs. Mary Jane
1915 to 1916	Fleming, Hugh Lindsay
1917 to 1918	Sharp, George Lister Thornton
1918	Vacant
1919	Fripp, Christina (widow of Robert MacKay Fripp)
1920	Sweet, Joseph

 

 

Vancouver Province, June 4, 1908, page 22, column 1.

 

In 1916, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.

 

Vancouver Province, July 31, 1916, page 17, column 2.

 

A furrier business was at this address from the 1930s to the 1950s.

 

Vancouver Sun, August 11, 1932, page 12, column 3.

 

 

Vancouver Sun, November 26, 1951, page 26, column 2.

 

The property was for sale in 1948 and 1950.

 

Vancouver Sun, October 9, 1948, page 44, column 1.

 

 

Vancouver Province, September 20, 1950, page 28, column 6.

 

The house continued to offer rental accommodations in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

Vancouver Sun, June 27, 1953, page 41, column 4.

 

Vancouver Sun, May 10, 1955, page 33, column 3.

 

 

1000 Block Denman Street, east side; 1954; detail from BO-54-211 : First Beach; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

 

1000 Block Denman Street, east side; 1957; detail from Aerial view of the West End showing the increase of apartment buildings west of Cardero Street; Vancouver City Archives; Dist P133; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/aerial-view-of-west-end-showing-increase-of-apertment-buildings-west-of-cadero-street.

 

The property later became part of the Denman Place complex.

Further information appears on the page for 1008 Denman Street.