GILLINGHAM, Henry Herbert (1876-1930), a native of London, England, and born there on 25 November 1876. He trained in his father's office in London from 1893, and later assisted his brother who lived in Clacton-on-Sea, Engl. from 1898. Gillingham emigrated to Canada in 1911 and settled in Vancouver where he opened an office, although only a few of his works have been identified. He brought a decidedly English sensibility to his domestic work on the west coast, employing an eclectic Tudor Revival or English half-timber frame style for his early work. He was briefly in partnership with E. Stanley Mitton (in 1914), and with Theo Korner in 1919-20. His best known work was his conception of the striking Art Deco interiors of the famous Commodore Ballroom, Granville Street (1928-29; still standing in 2022). Gillingham died suddenly in Vancouver on 25 September 1930 (obit. Province [Vancouver], 26 Sept. 1930, 22; obit. C.R., xliv, 15 Oct. 1930, 1330; biog. and list of works in D. Luxton, Building the West: Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 383, illus., 501; inf. Architectural Inst. of British Columbia)
H.H. GILLINGHAM (works in Vancouver unless noted)
SAANICH, B.C., 'Babbacombe Farm', a residence for Herbert Burbidge, Hunt Road, c. 1916 (M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 263, illus.; Donald Luxton & Jennifer Barr, Saanich Heritage Structures, 2008, 64, illus. & descrip.)
VICTORY FLOUR MILLS, Beach Avenue at the foot of Howe Street, for C.P. Coles Co. 1918-19 (Vancouver Daily World, 8 Aug. 1918, 9, descrip.; A.I.B.C. Application No. 69, list of works)
ANGUS AVENUE, near Nanton Avenue, residence for Kenneth J. Burns, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
GILLINGHAM & KORNER (works in Vancouver)
NANTON AVENUE, at Hudson Avenue, residence for Dr. George F. Curtis, 1919 (City of Vancouver b.p. 2331, 26 Aug. 1919; British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
PINE CRESCENT, at West 27th Avenue, residence for J.W. Brown, 1919 (City of Vancouver b.p. 2332, 26 Aug. 1919)
PINE CRESCENT, at Nanton Avenue, residence for William C. Brown, 1919 (City of Vancouver b.p. 2368, 18 Sept 1919; British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
WEST 25th AVENUE, residence for W. Page Powell, 1919-20 (City of Vancouver b.p. 2434, 4 Nov. 1919)
CHARLES E. ROYAL & ASSOC., public theatre, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 21 Jan. 1920, 49, t.c.)
WEST 54th AVENUE, residence for W.W. Ells, 1920 (City of Vancouver b.p. 2666, 7 April 1920)
GRANVILLE STREET SOUTH, at 41st Avenue, near the Golf Club, residence for Osro M. Allen, 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 15 May 1920, 11; City of Vancouver b.p. 2682, 13 April 1920)
SHAUGHNESSY HEIGHTS, residence for J. Graham, West 25th Avenue (now called King Edward Avenue) at Cartier Street, 1920; still standing in 2023 (City of Vancouver b.p. 2665, 7 April 1920; Vancouver Sun, 17 May 1920, 12, descrip.)
SHAUGHNESSY HEIGHTS, residence for Wendell B. Farris, Angus Avenue at West 27th Avenue, 1920 (City of Vancouver b.p. 2758, 13 May 1920; Vancouver Sun, 29 May 1920, 10, descrip.)
HUDSON'S BAY CO., Abbott Street remodeling of existing block for offices and warehouse, 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 26 June 1920, 10, descrip.)
WEST 33rd AVENUE, near Granville Street, residence for David Shantz, 1920-21; still standing in 2023 (Vancouver Sun, 12 Dec. 1920, 23, descrip.; City of Vancouver b.p. 3138, 1 Nov. 1920)
CONNAUGHT DRIVE, near West 35th Avenue, large residence for Mrs. Lester Brooks, 1921 (D. Luxton, Building the West: Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 383, illus.)
H.H. GILLINGHAM (works in Vancouver unless noted)
WOODWARD'S DEPARTMENT STORE, major addition facing Cordova Street, "....extending west from the present building on the Abbott Street corner", 1927 (The Province [Vancouver], 5 Jan. 1927, 24, descrip.)
VANCOUVER FILM EXCHANGE, Davies Street at Burrard Street, 1927 (C.R., xli, 22 June 1927, 55)
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., The Besner Block, for O. Besner, 3rd Street at 3rd Avenue, 1927-28 (C.R., xli, 7 Sept. 1927, 50; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 740-41, illus. & descrip.)
COMMODORE CABARET [now called The Commodore Ballroom], 840-842 Granville Street, near Smithe Street, 1929-30; opened on 3 December 1930; still standing in 2022 (City of Vancouver b.p. B 27102, 16 July 1929; Vancouver Heritage Inventory - Summary Report, 1986, 10; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
STEVESTON, B.C., hunting lodge for George C. Reifel & Assoc., 1929 (C.R., xliii, 2 Oct. 1929, 70)
VESTED ESTATES LTD., Granville Street, store and office block at 837-839 Granville St., 1929-30 (City of Vancouver b.p. B 27779, 27 Aug. 1929; C.R., xliv, 29 Jan. 1930, 63)