. Biography William Critchlow Harris was born at Bootle, Liverpool, England, April 30, 1854, the fifih child of William Critchlow Harris, 1813-99, and Sarah Stretch Harris, 1818-97.,His family emigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1856. He was apprenticed to architect David Stirling in Halifax, NoVa Scotia, 1870—5, with whom he was in partnership 187 7-82. He was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from 1882 until 1884, when he returned to Charlottetown. After 1899 he made his headquarters in Halifax, and took as a partner William T. Horton. He died July 16, 1913, in Halifax. He never married. Inventory

Churches:

(those still standing in 2000 are set in boldface type) St. James’ Anglican, Herring Cove, NS. 1872 Methodist Mission Hall, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1877 (Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1877) Methodist Church, Tryon, P.E.I., 1881 All Saints’ Anglican, Clifton, NH, 1884 St. Mark’s Anglican, Kensington, P.E.I., 1885 St. Thomas’s Anglican, Long Creek, P.E.I., 1886 St. James’ Anglican, Mahone Bay, N.S., 1886 Methodist Church Steeple, Bedeque, P.E.I.. 1886 St. Paul’s Roman Catholic, Sturgeon, P.E.I., 1887 All Souls’ Chapel, Charlottetown, 1888 St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic, Grand River, P.E.I.

All Saints’ Anglican, Springhill, N.S., 1892

St. Elizabeth’s Anglican, Springfield, P.E.I., c.1892

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic, Kelly’s Cross, P.E.I.,1894

St. John’s Anglican, Arichat, NS, 1895

St. Paul’s Anglican, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1895

St. John’s Roman Catholic, Windsor, N.S., 1898

St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic, Ft. Augustus, PEI, 1898

St. John’s Anglican, Milton, P.E.I., 1898

St. Anne’s Roman Catholic, Emyvale, P.E.I., c.1898

St. Malachy’s Roman Catholic, 1899

St. John’s Anglican baptistry, tower, Truro, N.S.,1900

Central Christian, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1900.

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic, Souris, P.E.I., 1901

St. James’ Anglican, Newport, N.S., 1901

St. John the Evangelist Anglican, Crapaud, P.E.I.,1901

St. Mary’s Roman .Catholic, Indian River, P.E.I., 1902

St. John’s Anglican, North Sydney, N.S., 1902

Trinity Anglican, Sydney Mines, N.S., 1903

St. Andrew’s Anglican, Mulgrave, N.S., 1904

St. George’s Anglican, Falmouth, N.S., 1904

All Saints’ Anglican, Bedford, N.S., 1904

St. Alban’s Anglican, Whitney Pier, N.S., c.1905

Immaculate Concept’n Roman Catholic, Truro, NS. 1908

Anglican Church, Londonderry, N .S., c.1909

St. James’ Anglican, Spry Bay, NS. 1910

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic, N. Sydney, N.S., 1911

St. Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic, St. Teresa, P.E.I., 1911

The Transfiguration Anglican, New Burn, N.S., 1912

Emmanuel Anglican, Dartmouth, N.S., 1912 Bibliography

Gothic Dreams: Biography of WC Harris, Dundum,

1978; Gothic Dreams: Architecture of WC Harris,

Confed. Centre of the Arts 1993. Both by RC. Tuck.

Houses:

(those more or less intact in 2000) Windermere/Watermere, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1977 Beaconsfield, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1977 Charlotte Residence Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1880 MacLennan House, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1881 Hacker House, Wilmot Valley, P.E.I., c.1886 J.D. MacLeod House, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1886 The Priory (R.Young) Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1887 Peters/Peake House, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1888 Dundas Terrace, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1889 Hawthorne Cottage, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1891 Brighton Lodge, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1892 W.A. Weeks’ House, Charlottetown. P.E.I., c.1892 MacQuarrie House (Silver Fox) Summerside. PEI,1892 Manager’s House, Cheticamp. N.S., 1894 MacKinnon House, Summerside, P.E.I., c.1894 R. Moore House, Charlottetown, 1895 Hazeldean, Springfield, P.E.I., 1895 The Cottage/Comma Lodge, Charlottetown, 1895 Senator Murphy House, Tignish, P.E.I., 1897 Lawson House, King Street, Windsor, NS. 1898 HQ Mills House, Summerside, P.E.I., c.1898 Wellner Terrace, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1900 Briardene, Antigonish, N.S., 1901 Louis Kaye House/Sigma Chi, Halifax, N.S., c.1902 Borden House, Canning, N.S., 1902 Rutherford House, Gaspereaux, N.S., c.1902 R. Cotton House, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1904 St. Peter’s Rectory, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1904 Ducksberry House, Whitney Pier, N.S., c.1905 MacDonald House, North Sydney, N.S. c.1906 102 Pierce Street House, North Sydney, N.S., c.1906 Dr. R.F.O. O’Brien House, Halifax, N.S., 1910 Tudor Apartments, Halifax, N.S., c.1910 Two Houses, Prince’s Lodge, Halifax, NS. ‘ Presbyteries and Rectories in Kinkora, Kelly’s Cross, Emyvale, Charlottetown (2), P.E.I., New Germany, N.S.

Public Buildings King’s County Courthouse, Georgetown, P.E.I., 1887 College Ste-Anne, Church Point, N.S., 1899 Newson, Cameron, Desbrisay, Connolly, Hogan, and Rogers Buildings, Charlottetown, P.E.I. McCullogh Building, New Glasgow, N.S., c.1908 Kaizer, Mary McAlpine, Brander&Morris Buildings, Halifax, N.S.(all on Barrington Street). Church Halls in Amherst, Springhill, Mahone Bay, N.S.