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He was born near Liverpool, England to Welsh parents but moved to Prince Edward Island with his family as a young child.
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William Harris
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He lived there most of his life, however for much of the time he led an itinerant existence travelling throughout Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia pursuing and executing design commissions throughout the region. He was influenced by the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style (for his domestic buildings) and Victorian gothic (for his church designs). His greatest disappointment was the loss of a commission late in life to design the Anglican Cathedral in Halifax (1905-1910).
The commission was awarded to New York architect Bertram Goodhue and Harris was given the unhappy task of overseeing completion of the more famous architect"s work.
