Vancouver house histories by address: who lived there each year to 1945, permits and the 1912 map.
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The Vancouver streets, blocks and directory years AddressLore covers, with each street's page.
This tool takes no arguments.
The Vancouver streets, blocks and directory years AddressLore covers, with each street's page.
No arguments.
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"properties": {}
}Look up a Vancouver address, or a resident's surname from 1945 or earlier, in AddressLore's coverage. Returns the matching house's path for house_history, or says plainly that the address isn't covered (never a nearby house in its place), with the covered streets.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query* | string | An address ("526 Keefer Street") or a surname ("Clandenning"). |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "An address (\"526 Keefer Street\") or a surname (\"Clandenning\")."
}
}
}When a covered Vancouver house was built and what stood there: the building permit (1901–1930) and the City's year built, what the 1912 fire insurance map draws on the lot and whether today's building is very likely that one, what stands today, and who lived there in each directory year with each listing's source page. Residents' names through 1945 only; later years show a household and job without names. Anything inferred is marked inferred.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| address* | string | A Vancouver street address as written today or in the directories ("620 Keefer St", "2649 Yew"), an AddressLore house path ("620-keefer") or its URL. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"address"
],
"properties": {
"address": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A Vancouver street address as written today or in the directories (\"620 Keefer St\", \"2649 Yew\"), an AddressLore house path (\"620-keefer\") or its URL."
}
}
}