GILLAM, William Charles Frederic (1867-1962)
(biography in preparation)
W.C.F. GILLAM (works in England)
LITTLEHAMPTON, WEST SUSSEX, ENGL., public school, 1899 (Algernon Graves, Royal Academy of Arts 1769-1904, 1970, ii, 241)
HOVE, SUSSEX CO., ENGL., major additions and new facade for a residence for an unnamed client, Upper Drive, 1908 (Building News [London], xcv, 25 Dec. 1908, 905 and plate illus.)
EMSWORTH, HAMPSHIRE CO., ENGL, major additions and alterations to Hambrook House, 1910 (Building News [London], xcviii, 27 May 1910, 723 and plate illus.)
W.C.F. GILLAM (works in British Columbia)
(with Claude P. Jones) NORTH VANCOUVER, Ridgeway Public School, Ridgeway Avenue at East 8th Street, 1911-12, a commission won in a competition against 15 other architects (The Express (North Vancouver), 23 May 1911, 1; and 26 May 1911, 1, illus. and detailed descrip.; and 9 April 1912, 1 & 3, descrip.; and 12 April 1912, 1 & 8, detailed descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Granville Street, near West 12th Avenue, a three storey block of stores and apartments for an unnamed client, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 29 Sept. 1911, 64; 6 Dec. 1911, 56)
VICTORIA, B.C., Provincial Normal School, Lansdowne Road at Richmond Avenue [now called Camosun College], 1912-13, a commission won in a competition over 15 other architects (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 25 Aug. 1912, 1, 3-4, 11, illus. & descrip.; 22 Jan. 1913, 1, 18, descrip.; Vancouver Sun, 2 Sept. 1912, 27, descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 9 Oct. 1912, 58, illus. & descrip.; and C.R., xxvii, 29 Jan. 1913, 70; and 2 July 1913, 64-5, illus. & descrip.; Const., ix, Aug. 1916, 254-61, illus. & descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 189-90, illus.; Donald Luxton & Jennifer Barr, Saanich Heritage Structures, 2008, 163, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, Queen Mary High School, Keith Road West at 8th Street, designed by Gillam, 1914; completed by Bryan & Gillam, 1915; additions 1919-20 (North Shore Press (North Vancouver), 1 May 1914, 1; and 24 Aug. 1915, 1 & 8, descrip.; Pacific Coast Architect [San Francisco], viii, July 1914; C.R., xxviii, 17 June 1914, 788, illus. & descrip.; and 28 Oct. 1914, 57; Vancouver Sun, 25 Aug. 1915, 3, descrip.; North Shore Press (North Vancouver), 19 Dec. 1919, 6, illus. & descrip.; and 11 June 1920, 2, t.c. for interior finishing of new wing to school; City of North Vancouver Heritage Inventory, 1994, 40-1, illus.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., residence for Capt. William J. Conway, West 14th Avenue, near Pine Street, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
VANCOUVER WAR MEMORIAL, at Victory Square, proposal for a Memorial Tower, 150 feet high, "in the Gothic style", 1920 (Vancouver Daily World, 17 Jan. 1920, 3, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, a new general hospital with 30 beds, 1920 (North Shore Press (North Vancouver), 12 March 1920, 1; Vancouver Daily World, 12 March 1920, 20)
(with Frank Mountain) MAPLE RIDGE, B.C., Consolidated School (later called MacLean High School), Dewdney Road, "....about one mile from Port Haney", a commission won in a competition, 1920-21; demol. c. 1970 (Vancouver Sun, 6 April 1920, 3, descrip. North Shore Press (North Vancouver), 9 April 1920, 6; D. Luxton, Building The West, 2003, 389, illus.)
SURREY CENTRE, B.C., school for the Surrey School Board, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 9 March 1921, 60)
NORTH VANCOUVER, conversion of the old North Vancouver Hotel into a public school building, 1922 (Vancouver Sun, 22 March 1922, 2)
(with Frank Mountain) NORTH VANCOUVER, Technical High School, 23rd Street East, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 12 April 1922, 52)
W.C.F. GILLAM (works in California)
REDWOODS, CALIF., in San Mateo County, a Boy Scout Camp & large Clubhouse, 1926 (San Mateo Times, 12 July 1926, 3, descrip.)
BURLINGAME, CALIF., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, "...in the Gothic style", with all interior furnishings and fixtures designed by Gillam, Bellevue Avenue at El Camino Real Street, 1926-27; and Parish Hall, 1930; and new Parish House & Sunday School, with sexton's dwelling, facing Occidental Avenue, 1946-48 (San Mateo Times, 2 April 1926, 4, descrip,; and 28 June 1926, 1, descrip.; and 5 Feb. 1927, 1, descrip.; and 18 Jan. 1946, 3, descrip.; Advance Star [Burlingame], 2 July 1956; San Mateo Times, 21 May 1958, 44; inf. St. Paul's Church, Burlingame)
PITTSBURG, CALIF., St. David's Episcopal Church, c. 1930 (Edan M. Hughes, Artists in California 1786-1940, 1989, biog. & list of works)
BURLINGAME, CALIF., residence for Glen K. Gardner, Columbus Avenue, 1935 (San Mateo Times, 27 April 1935, 2)
BURLINGAME, CALIF., residence for an unnamed owner, corner of Palm Drive at Willborough Road, 1935 (San Mateo Times, 27 April 1935, 2)
BURLINGAME, CALIF., residence for Robert R. Zellich, Hale Drive near Montero Avenue, 1936 (San Mateo Times, 29 Aug. 1936, 5, illus. & descrip.)
BURLINGAME, CALIF, residence for W.S. Grisinger, in Baywood Park, 1936 (San Mateo Times, 5 Sept. 1936, 5)
COMPETITIONS
BRIGHTON, ENGL., a large tract of Artizans Dwellings, 1897. Gillam collaborated with T. Garrett on this proposal for major housing development of 168 houses in Elm-grove, and 69 houses in Lewes Road. Their entry, one of nine submitted, receive the First Premium of £ 75.00 (Builder [London], lxxiii, 9 Oct. 1897, 287; 16 Oct. 1897, 307)
EASTBOURNE, ENGL., Municipal Technical Institute, Public Library & Fire Station, 1900. The partnership of H. Drury & W.C.F. Gillam were among 21 entrants in this British competition. They were awarded 3rd Prize for their design (Architect & Contract Reporter [London], lxiii, 15 June 1900, 377; Builder [London], lxxviii, 16 June 1900, 591). The winner was Philip A. Robson of London.
LONDON, ENGLAND, The London Daily Mail Ideal Home Competition, 1921. Gillam teamed up with Frank Mountain and they were one of nine Vancouver architects who submitted designs in this international competition open to all architects from Canada and the British Commonwealth (Vancouver Daily World, 7 Dec. 1921, 19, descrip. of the competition). They prepared two different sets of plans. The first prize was $1,500 and a free trip to London. It is unclear who won the competition for this annual event which was first staged in 1908.
LONDON, ENGLAND, The London Daily Mail Small Cottages Competition, 1922. A total of 382 designs were sent in by architects from the British Commonwealth, including nearly 100 designs from Canadian architects (Vancouver Sun, 20 Feb. 1922, 3). Frank Mountain was the only Canadian to receive an Honorable Mention for his submission.
SALEM, OREGON, Oregon State Capitol, 1935. From his office in Burlingame, Calif., W.C.F. Gillam was one of several American competitors who submitted a design for this project (Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Temples of Democracy - The State Capitols of the U.S.A, 1976, 291). The winner was Francis Keally of New York City.