Yelland, L.H.

YELLAND & RILEY (fl. 1912-14), consisting of L.H. Yelland and H.H. Riley, were active in Victoria, B.C. where they were recorded as 'the architects' for a substantial 8 storey commercial block planned for the German-Canadian Trust Co., Douglas Street, VICTORIA, B.C., 1913 (Colonist [Victoria], 12 Jan. 1913, 10, illus.), but it appears that the project was never executed. Their firm can be linked to the design of several houses executed in an orthodox and dull interpretation of the Edwardian style, including a house for speculative realtors Heath & Chaney, Moss Street, VICTORIA, B.C., 1913, and a residence for W.V. Coon, Fort Street at Chestnut Street, VICTORIA, B.C., 1912 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 4, 2009, 69-70, 190, illus.). No biographical information has been found on either partner, and it is uncertain if either had obtained any formal education or training in architecture (D. Luxton, Building The West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 488, 525).