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The DesBrisay block (below), at the corner of Grafton and Queen streets, was built in 1901 to plans drawn by Wllliam Harris, and features the mum—coloured brickwork popularised by the English architect William Buttertield The brick was imported from Ontario

. . . . ' Architecturally, it is one of the finest buildings of its kind in eastern Canada. Both William Harris and his older brother Tom had offices in the building On the morning of February 2, 1904, Tom was found lying on the floor of his ‘ ofiice with his doorkey in his hand, dead of a heart attack just alter arriving at work For many years Hughes drug store, reputed to be the oldest in Canada, occupied the ground floor of the building. All that's left of the drugstore is some elaborate oak wood work carved by James A. Stewart. The brickwork was cleaned recently, and the building presents an attractive appearance appropriate to the premier corner of Charlottetown.

The Owen Connolly building (right) at 75 Queen Street, erected in 1889 two years after Mr. Connolly's death by the trustees of his estate, on the other hand, remains uncleaned. The black grime on its rough hewn Island and NovaScotiastonefacadeisarelicofdays gone by when Charlottetown was largely heatedbycoalfiresinopengrates.The exterior of the building is mostly unspoiled, including the passageway on the lefi that admitted horse-drawn carts to theyardattheback Amassiveparapet supportsalmstoer. Connollymrvedby

Howard Ramsay.