The Charles R. and Hazel F. Gillman house is a single story brick hall-parlor house built ca. 1908. It had two major additions, ca. 1935 and ca. 1975. The original house has Victorian Eclectic style details such as relieving arches over all of the windows, a transom over the large single pane fixed window on the gable end, and wooden sash double-hung windows on the east elevation. James H. Gillman purchased ten acres of land in 1905 and three years later transferred the title of a portion of that land, which now contains the house, to his son, Charles R. Gillman. Charles built the house ca. 1908-9. Charles was educated in the Orem schools and had a reputation throughout the Western states as a fruit grower. He owned and operated a store in Orem for many years and served as chief deputy county assessor. Charles Gillman was also active in politics and was a Democratic precinct chairman in Orem for several years.
The James W. and Estella Walker Gillman house, built ca. 1909, is a single-story, brick central-block-with-projecting-bay house located on the south side of 1600 North in Orem. The central section has a pyramidal roof with a gabled projecting bay to the north. Victorian Eclectic styling elements can be seen in the segmental arch window heads composed of two rows of header bricks over all of the windows. James W. Gillman built the house in 1909, following his marriage the previous year to Estella Walker in Salt Lake City. James W. was a leader in civic affairs as well as of his church. He served as mayor of Orem for nineteen years and also as County Commissioner. During his years as mayor street signs and lights were installed along State Street, and sources of culinary water were established for the city. He was also president for many years of the Provo Reservoir Company.