1898-1936 St. John’s Lebanese Businesses

Aerial maps of downtown St. John’s that show the growth of the Lebanese business community in St. John’s particularly along New Gower Street and Water Street. Green dots mark Lebanese businesses, and black diamonds mark Lebanese business owner’s homes. This is not a complete list of Lebanese businesses across the province but a selection in St. John’s based on 10 Newfoundland directories from 1898-1936.

[-1898-1936 aerial map of downtown St. John’s showing Lebaneses businesses during that time period in green dots, and Lebanese business owner’s home in black diamonds. There are 58 businesses and 9 homes.
-1898 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 3 businesses and 4 homes.
-1904 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 8 businesses and 3 homes.
-1908 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 7 businesses and 2 homes.
-1913 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 8 businesses and 4 homes.
-1915 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 9 businesses and 2 homes.
-1919 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 11 businesses and 3 homes.
-1924 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 15 businesses and 4 homes.
-1928 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 14 businesses and 5 homes.
-1932 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 23 businesses and 6 homes.
-1936 aerial map of downtown St. John’s shows 20 businesses and 6 homes. ]