725 Queen's Avenue
Hillcroft House/Herbert Gilley House (1912)
Queen Anne Style - Late Victorian Period

This house was first owned by Herbert Gilley, of Gilley Bros., dealers in building materials and coal. This house physically brought together elements of two distinct houses: the 1893 Herbert Gilley House (Queen Anne) and the 1888 John Hendry House (Victorian Italiante). In 1912, architect E.J. Boughen, relocated parts of the two adjacent houses together as the Hillcroft House. The house's steeply pitched-hipped roof has a central cross gable flanked by smaller gables. Classical columns support the double portico under the roof of the central cross gable. Details include the scrolled brackets, gable half-timbering, and bay windows.

City Directory Entries - 1925 to 1975

1925: Gilley, Herbt retired h 725 Queen's Ave
1935: same
1945: Dormer, Minnie wid W H r 725 Queens
1945: Dormer, Robt R carp Star Shpyd r 725 Queens
1945: Dormer, Wm C (Dorothy) mlwkr h 725 Queens
1955: Stewart, Wm J (Lena A) rooms 725 Queens
1965: Haggerty, Ada wid A L rooms 725 Queens
1975: Robertshaw, Arth M & Maria J; phys 7311 Kway, h 725 Queens
1975: 5) Hansen, Susan I, dietary maid Surrey Memorial Hosp, h 725 Queens Apt 5
1975: 6) Bower, Norma F Mrs, sec U I C, h 725 Queens Apt 6
1975: 7) Thorne, Faye B, dietary aide Royal Columbian Hosp, h 725 Queens Apt 7
1975: 8) Mason, Georgina D, retd, h 725 Queens Apt 8
1975: 9) St Pierre, Cath, cash Army & Navy, h 725 Queens Apt 9

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