I wanted to share with you the photograph that Robert Yelland sent to me of the architect William Raymond Yelland and his wife Edna. Thanks Rob (btw if you need a great veteranarian doctor for your pet, go see Robert Yelland at this office on Lewelling Avenue in San Leandro)
William Raymond and his wife Edna lived on Coventry Drive in Kensington in a home that he originally designed for his in-laws.
It's a little Cape Cod styled home, something you wouldn't expect from him, if all you knew from him was his storybook style and Normandy Styled homes and buildings. The home just sold in December from foreclosure. I need to wait for the new owners to move in and tell them of the important nature of their home, having a home designed by Yelland, but also being the residence of the architect himself. (sounds like an episode from "If Walls Could Talk" from HGTV)
Ruth,
I had an article from the Oakland Library's History Room that mentions the home as being his. The article as about Mr Yelland and his family being on vacation in Mexico when the train he was riding on was derailed. The article went on to say that they had survived the accident and were okay.
It's interesting to note that the newspaper article gave the address of the people on vacation. It was a different time.
I also fowarded my picture here to the collections at the UC Berkeley Environmental Design Archives. They compared the image to the Holroyd (sp) design. The home was built for his in-laws. The collections archivist confirmed the property.
Yelland worked in Cape Cod mode for several properties.
Thanks for posting a picture or Yelland. I happend to own a storybook cottage in the North Berkeley woods designed by Yelland. I had no idea he also designed Cape Cod houses.
Francisco,
I would very much like to talk to you about your yelland home. Give me a call, my contact information should appear somewhere here on this page.
Michael Greenslade