2043-2047 Ferndale St

Built in 1910 for Wm Aconley, this long rectangular house with a side gable and front dormer has bay windows on both sides of the porch. Aconley is listed on the permit as the builder and architect and owned the nearby property of 20133 Ferndale Street. Aconley is listed as living on Melville Street in 1919 and was a conductor for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Due to changing street names, the address listed on the permit for this house is given as 2044 E Pender Street and 2048 E Pender Street. The permit is for 3 frame d houses.

Ferndale Street was previously a part of Keefer Street until it was renamed in 1929. Keefer Street was named after George Alexander Keefer who worked as a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway before opening a private engineering business.

Source

Charlotte Steele, Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, VanMapp, VHF House Styles, Elizabeth Walker: Street Names of Vancouver