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Harris, William Critchlow, 1854-1913
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1854-1913
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William Critchlow Harris was born on April 30, 1854, in Bootle, near Liverpool, England.
He was an architect noted mainly for his projects in Maritime Canada. In 1856, his family moved to Prince Edward Island. In 1870, after schooling in Charlottetown, he was apprenticed to architect David Stirling in Halifax. He returned to Charlottetown in 1875 and among his first commissions was Beaconsfield, a 25-room mansion that is today the headquarters of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation. In 1877, Stirling joined him in Charlottetown and they formed a partnership. Harris’s specialty was churches. His buildings reflect a talented and original approach to the High Victorian Gothic style. Over 120 are extant in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. They include St. James Anglican Church, Mahone Bay, NS (1886); St Paul's Anglican Church, Charlottetown (1895); and his masterwork, All Souls' Chapel, Charlottetown (1888), which contains 18 paintings by his brother Robert. In 1881, he became an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
He died on July 16, 1913, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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