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In 1888 Justice J H Peters built a large house at 121 North River Road (below right) to plans drawn by William Harris as a wedding gift for his son The design of the house indicated the direction Harris' 5 style would take in the future It is the first of his houses to have the semi-hipped, or snub gables, and the holey bargeboards, that became signatures of his style. Originally the veranda spread around the semi— octagonal ell on the left hand side. The house was set back from the road and is approached by a short carriage drive. In 1913 it was bought by Arthur G. Peake. Today it serves as a popular bed and breakfast hotel.

Road and Churclnll Avenue is the cottage William Harris drew for his nephew Robert Cotton in 1904 (left). It is influenced by the American architect H.H. Richardson's Shingle Style, a fact less apparent now that it has been sheathed in imitation stone and clapboard. In 1910 Robert and William Harris and their siblings added the extension shown on the right in the photograph to serve as The Family Room. It housed Harris family memorabilia in a kind of museum. The collection was to remain intact in perpetuity under the care of the senior male of the Harris name. But when Margaret Ellin Harris Cotton, Robert Cotton's mother, died in 1944 the house was sold and the collection was divided among descendants. Some important items went to the Robert Harris Memorial Gallery built on Queen's Square after the death of Rebert Harris‘s widow, Bessie, in 1928. They eventually found their way into The Confederation Centre of the Arts Gallery and Museum.