Churches by William Raymond Yelland

Not everyone knows that WR Yelland designed churches and funeral parlours too.

Clarksburg Community Church. Located just South of Sacramento California in the Delta town of Clarksburg California, this church is at the heart of the community. This design is classic Yelland through and through. One of his most distinguishing design features is a brick and stucco checkerboard at the gable ends of some of the gables. This church also has classic yelland bricked arches and a great clinker brick cat slide roof. Part of the roof is a double conjoined gable.

Chico Trinity Church. Located in the Butte County college town of Chico, this is one of the largest churches designed by Yelland. It appears to be a prototype for some churches here in the East Bay which follow the same design pattern as this beautiful church. Located at the corner of 5th and Flume streets in Downtown Chico, this church has a large church main chapel on it's right side. On the Left side of the church is a smaller single story chapel. Joining the two wings is a two story office and class room wing. The entry to this church has a fantastic tan brick lattice over a red brick field.

The same basic design can be seen in the San Leandro Community Church located on Bancroft Avenue.

Brentwood Methodist. Located in the Contra Costa Delta town of Brentwood, not to be confused with the Southern California Los Angeles District of the same name. This church was built from before the turn of the century. It may have been moved to it's current location. The work WR Yelland did to this church was to do an addition creating a centralized entrance and office and classrooms.

United Methodist Church of Endicott - Endwell, Ny. This is by far the furthest Yelland ever built. It is still classic Yelland. On it's steeple are classic Yelland turned finials. The interior ceiling of it's main chapel is an extruded barrel vault. That ceiling is very much like the ceiling, in shape, to the ceiling of my parent's home (Derry Residence c. 1927). This design makes me happy to see another example of a Yelland Barrel Vault.

Yelland also designed the Hislop Funeral Parlour in Auburn California. It is now known as the "Chapel of the Hills" Looking at this and the Clarksburg Community church, you can see the family relation to each other. A beautiful design.

Chico Trinity Church

Clarksburg Community Church

United Methodist Church