Overview
Address
505 Glen Dr, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Strathcona
type
Residential
Description
Built around 1910, 505 Glen Drive first appears in city directories in 1912 with William Dempster listed as the first resident. Dempster, a boiler at BC Sugar Refinery, lived at the house form 1912 to 1923. After Dempster the house saw a Vogue employee, peddlers, a junkman, and a labourer as residents. The next long term resident was Morris Mackoff, a junkman who lived in the house from 1927-1928, then 1931-1940. After Mackoff, William Paul (a reamer with Burrard Dry Dock) lived at the house from 1941 until 1954.
Source
VHF Files, VANMAPP, British Columbia City Directories 1860-1955
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