990 Gilford Street

Gilford Street - Intersections with Comox - Nelson - Barclay - Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd - Montreal and Toronto - Printed in Great Britain.
Gilford Street – Intersections with Comox – Nelson – Barclay – Valentine & Sons’ Publishing Co., Ltd – Montreal and Toronto – Printed in Great Britain.

 

990 Gilford Street was on the northeast corner of Gilford Street and Nelson Street. (It appears that 990 Gilford Street was an alternative address for 1891 Nelson Street.)

Legal Description: District Lot 185, Block 68, Lot 34.

 

1800 Block Nelson Street; Detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1901 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.
1800 Block Nelson Street; Detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1901 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.

 

1800 Block Nelson Street; Detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1903 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.
1800 Block Nelson Street; Detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1903 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.

 

1800 Block Nelson 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
1800 Block Nelson 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.

 

1891 Nelson Street; 1913, detail from Denman Street to Haro Street to Chilco Street to Comox Street; 1972-582.29 – Plate 54; Reference code: AM1594-MAP 383-: 1972-582.29; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-54-denman-street-to-haro-street-to-chilco-street-to-comox-street.
1891 Nelson Street; 1913, detail from Denman Street to Haro Street to Chilco Street to Comox Street; 1972-582.29 – Plate 54; Reference code: AM1594-MAP 383-: 1972-582.29; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-54-denman-street-to-haro-street-to-chilco-street-to-comox-street.

 

Vancouver directory listings from 1906 to 1918.

1906 to 1916 Stoess, Charles Anthony [No number under streets in 1906 and 1907; 990 Gilford Street from 1908 to 1916]
1917 to 1918 Paxton, James Thompson Tighe

 

Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1908, page 960.

 

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1918, page 756 [edited image].

After 1918, the property generally used 1891 Nelson Street as its address.

Since 1940, a building called “Esher Court” has been on the site.

 

Northeast corner of Gilford Street and Nelson Street; detail from First Beach, 1954; BO-54-211; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

 

Esher Court; northeast corner of Gilford Street and Nelson Street; Google Streets; searched February 7, 2019; image dated May 2012.
Esher Court; northeast corner of Gilford Street and Nelson Street; Google Streets; searched February 7, 2019; image dated May 2012.

 

Further information appears on the page for 1891 Nelson Street.