ARCHITECTURE:
This two-storey, shingled Chalet-style house, once thought to be by Rattenbury, is now known to be by Maclure; Maclure asked for tender calls for it and 1603 Rockland, a similar house in VDC in June 1899.* The Chalet is side-gabled with small gabled projections at the roofline on the left and right sides; there are tall finials in all the gables. The eaves are supported on sculpted knee brackets and the bargeboards have unusual ends. To the left of the front porch is a hip-roofed conservatory. This centrally-located gabled porch has five chamfered posts, one pilaster and decorative sawn balusters, which continue down the stairs and are repeated on upper and lower rear balconies. There is also a pair of box bays on the rear. The foundation is of random stone and there are four brick chimneys. Shutters were added to most of the windows in the 1970s. The Galletly sisters called the house The Chalet, but a later owner had Tredinnock engraved on a gatepost of the random stone garden wall, which retains its iron gates.
*Research by Jim Wolf
ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS:
1899-1914: Archibald Galletly (1715 Rockland Av) built The Chalet for his unmarried sisters Alice Mary (c.1863-1914) and Amy Frederica Louisa (c.1866-1934). Born in Corfu, Greece, Alice and Amy came here from Surrey, ENG, c.1902. Amy left the house after Alice’s death.
Alice and Amy rented out the house when they moved into Hochelaga to care for their brother, after his wife and daughter died on SS Clallam.
Tenants: 1904-05: Robert and Jennie Butchart (906 St Charles St), while their home at Todd Inlet was being built. A teatime entertainment, with decorations “a la Japanese,” was hosted by Jennie and reported in the 16 April 1905 Daily Colonist. Over 70 wives and daughters of prominent men attended. They included “the Misses Galletly,” who reclaimed The Chalet after Archibald remarried in 1905.
OTHER OCCUPANTS:
1915: Edward A. Waterman, managing director, Weiler Bros Home Furnishings, 921 Government St (Downtown).
1917-18: George Henry Dawson (1020-1022 St. Charles St).
1920-54: Col Herbert Clement Carey (b. Victoria 1865-1948) married Kate MacKinley (née Moren, b. Halifax, NS 1869-1959) in Halifax. Herbert went to Royal Military College in Kingston, In 1884 he joined the Royal Engineers, serving in England, Halifax, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Ireland and Jamaica. During WWI he served with the Northern Command and was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He retired in 1919 and he and Kate moved here; Kate left the house in 1954.