Henderson’s Greater Vancouver Directory, 1911, Part 1, page 958.
1155 Denman Street and 1151 Denman Street; early 1900s; detail from [B.C. Electric Railway] open car operating on Denman Street running to English Bay; Vancouver City Archives; CVA 677-83; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/b-c-electric-railway-open-car-operating-on-denman-street-running-to-english-bay .
1151 Denman Street and 1155 Denman Street were the sites of two houses that belonged to John Morton . The houses were originally on the southwest corner of Denman Street and Pendrell Street.
1151 Denman Street and 1155 Denman Street; detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1901 – Sheet 45 – Comox Street to English Bay and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.
1151 Denman Street and 1155 Denman Street; detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1903 – Sheet 45 – Comox Street to English Bay and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.
Around 1912, the houses were moved around the corner to the 1800 block of Pendrell Street.
1822 Pendrell Street – foreground – and 1816 Pendrell Street – rear – about 1912 – detail from postcard – The West End – Looking up Pendrell Street – Vancouver BC.
The West End, looking up Pendrell Street, Vancouver, B.C. [detail] ; University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs. UL_1666_0007; https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/langmann/items/1.0369105#p0z-2r0f :
District:
Vancouver
Permit:
1649
Owner:
Morton, John
Architect:
Morton, John
Builder:
Morton, John
Legal Address:
DL: 185 Block: 71 Sub: Resub: Lot: 2
Date (Y-M-D):
1912-03-04
Street Number:
1816-1822
Street Name:
Pendrell Street
Value:
$600.00
Remarks:
2 repairs; move residence [BCR]
Reference ID:
VN-3300-3301-444
Heritage Vancouver; Vancouver Building Permits; http://permits.heritagevancouver.org/ [searched September 6, 2018.]
1816 Pendrell Street and 1822 Pendrell 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.
1822 Pendrell Street and 1816 Pendrell Street (formerly 1151 Denman Street and 1155 Denman Street); detail from Chas. E. Goad Company, 1913; Plate 63 Denman Street to Comox Street to Stanley Park boundary to English Bay; 1972-582.38; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-63-denman-street-to-comox-street-to-stanley-park-boundary-to-english-bay .
The two houses were still on Pendrell Street in 1954 and 1957.
1822 Pendrell Street and 1816 Pendrell Street, 1954; detail from BO-54-211: First Beach; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/ .
1822 Pendrell Street and 1816 Pendrell Street, 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 Pendrell Street lots later became part of the parking lot for Ocean Towers.
1800 Block Pendrell Street, south side; Google Streets; searched December 24, 2018; image dated May 2014.
The Denman Street lots became the site of commercial buildings. The tenants have included a grocery store, restaurants, retail stores and a medical clinic.
Red and White truck being loaded in front of a Red and White Store on Morton Street [Avenue], October 24, 1933; Vancouver City Archives; CVA 99-4562; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/red-and-white-truck-being-loaded-in-front-of-red-and-white-store-on-morton-street . [Northwest corner of Denman Street and Morton Avenue, looking west. Name on store is Sam Kirkham (1886-1979). Name on truck is J.S. Daly: Jervoice Sydney Daly (1884-1967).]
Denman Street, west side, between Pendrell Street and Morton Avenue, 1954; detail from BO-54-211: First Beach; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/ .
Denman Street, west side, between Pendrell Street and Morton Avenue; Google Streets; searched December 24, 2018; image dated May 2018.
Vancouver directory listings for 1151 Denman Street: