TILLEY, William Charles (1869-1929), born in London, England in July 1869, he was the son of Charles Tilley, the leather goods magnate, and was among the first members of the Architectural Draftsmen's Association which was formed in Toronto in December 1886. In mid-1887 he was employed as draftsman with William Strickland. By 1900 he is recorded in Kingston, Ont. where he was assistant in the office of Power & Son Architects, and he trained under Joseph Power in that city. After 1910 he moved to Brantford and in 1914 became a partner with Lloyd D. Barber (see list of works under Barber & Tilley). After 1915 he practiced independently in Brantford, and later died there on 25 February 1929 (obituary Brantford Expositor, 25 Feb. 1929, 1)
SIMCOE, ONT., Unique Shoe Co., Pond Street near Water Street, a large two storey factory, 1916; still standing as of 2018 (C.R., xxx, 21 June 1916, 45 & 47, t.c.; inf. Scott Edwards)
BRANTFORD, ONT., Waterworks Pumping Station, major addition to boiler house, with new smokestack, 1917 (Brantford Expositor, 22 Feb 1917, 12, descrip.)
BRANTFORD, ONT., clubhouse for Brantford Golf & Country Club, 1917 (Brantford Expositor, 28 March 1917, 3, t.c.)
BRANTFORD, ONT., East Ward School, 1919 (Brantford Expositor, 28 Jan. 1919, 6; and 20 March 1919, 1, descrip.)
BRANTFORD, ONT., alteration of buildings to create an Isolation Hospital and nurse's home, and major addition to the main hospital, St. Paul Avenue, designed 1918; built 1920; with another hospital addition, 1923 (Brantford Expositor, 10 July 1918, 6, and 9 April 1919, 8, descrip.; and 14 Nov. 1919, 18, detailed descrip.; and 14 Feb. 1923, 7, descrip.; and 22 March 1924, 3, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxxiv, 10 March 1920, 61, t.c.; and xxxvii, 28 Feb. 1923, 44, t.c.)
DELHI, ONT., major addition to Public School, 1922 (Brantford Expositor, 6 March 1922, 14, t.c.)
SIMCOE, ONT., First Baptist Church & Sunday School, Talbot Street North at Young Street, designed 1920; built 1921-22; Sunday School later demol. in 1989; but church still standing in 2022 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 1 March 1920, 9, illus. of architect's drawing; C.R., xxxiv, 24 March 1920, 57; Simcoe Reformer, 25 May 1922, 1 & 8, descrip.)