9. The Kirk of James, PownaL Street. When the Presbyterian Kirk of . James was being built in 1877 W. Critchlow Harris, the father of Robert and William, observed in a letter that "the new Kirk will be the A-l building of Charlottetown ." In many respects it still is. The design of the building has always been attributed to David Stirling , William Harris 's master, who in 1877 came to Charlottetown from Halifax, and formed a partnership with his 23 year old protege. He had been awarded the commission to design the new Falconwood Asylum, built that same year on the shores of the Hillsborough River near Charlottetown . Certainly, the Kirk bears a resemblance in some respects to other Stirling churches, such as and . David's churches in Halifax, the Hensley Memorial Chapel in Windsor, Nova Scotia - and even the nearby St. Peter 's Cathedral, which almost certainly was designed by Stirling in 1869. However, the Kirk is included in a list of Harris's churches published in his obituary notice in 1913. Be that as it may, there is no doubt about the ceiling and the pews being Harris's work. They were installed following a fire about 1900. A possible clue to further evidence of Harris's hand in the Kirk is the Perpendicular or Tudor Style window incorporated in the wall on the north side of the building - a Harris signature throughout his career. William Harris in 1888 told a story of what he called "despicable roguery" on the part of the man who supplied the red Island sandstone used in the Kirk. Some of the stone got soaked in salt water, which is ruinous to a sandstone, when the scow on which it was loaded sank The man dried out the stone and supplied it without mentioning the mishap. The stone later deteriorated and had to be replaced