870 Bernard Ave

The house has heritage value primarily for its association William Hughes-Games, who was prominent in Kelowna's business and civic society, and also for its representative architecture.

The house was built in 1936 by A.C. Bennett for William B. Hughes-Games (1890-1985) and his wife, Margaret. William Hughes-Games achieved prominence both in the business community and in public life. He was born in Birmingham, England, and came to Canada in 1911. He arrived in Kelowna in 1926. He worked in the Thomas Lawson Ltd. store starting in 1936. When George Meikle formed a new company (George Meikle Ltd.) to take over the store in 1937, Hughes-Games became secretary-treasurer. He served as mayor of Kelowna from 1947 to 1951 (during which time the Civic Centre, Memorial Arena, and City Hall were erected), secretary-treasurer of the Kelowna Hospital Board from 1937 to 1942, and chairman of the Okanagan Regional Library Board from 1951 to 1956.

After Hughes-Games moved to Abbott Street around 1939, the house was occupied by W.E. Vickers and his wife, Mary L. Vickers, a relative of Hughes-Games. In 1956 it was owned by L. Wall and occupied by Gordon G. Hyde and Evelyn Hyde, the former a salesman for Kelowna Sawmill Ltd.

The architecture is representative of the simpler design, with stucco walls, little ornament, and few historicist features, all characteristic of residences built between the world wars.