When Houses Sprout Stores: Residential Streets Evolve to Commercial Streets
As you walk down various current-day commercial districts throughout Vancouver, have you ever noticed houses that appear to pop out …
House History Real Property Appraisal Cards
Doing some house history? We may have another resource for you! The Real property appraisal cards, Series 296 of the …
On the hunt for 2116 Maple Street: A house history expedition – Part 3: City Directories
The final part of hunting for information about 2116 Maple Street, after looking at fire insurance maps, water records, building …
On the hunt for 2116 Maple Street–A house history expedition – Part 2: Photographs
The second phase of hunting for information on 2116 Maple Street, after locating it on fire insurance maps, getting the …
On the house history hunt for 2116 Maple Street – Part 1: Fire Insurance Maps, Water Service Records and Building Permit Registers
House history research is one of the most common reasons people find their way to the Archives. As such, we …
Vancouver property tax records to 2005 now available at the Archives
We are pleased to announce that after a significant transfer of records from the Revenue Services Department, the Archives can …
Discovering the City’s Water Application Records
Archivists, when they hear researchers say that they have “discovered” records in the archives–sometimes described as the “dusty archives” to …