P.E.I. Heritage Buildings: James Harris Architect

Friday, August 26, 2011

Central United Church, Dunstaffnage

I was out this way the other day the church is located on Rte. 2 Highway in Dunstaffnage.

The church was built in the early 1920's.

The church's shape, form and detailing is similar in many ways to church's found throughout rural Prince Edward Island.

Update - March 5, 2017

I just came across this information - this church was design by architect James Edward Harris (1886-1954) - James was the nephew of well-known Island architect William Harris.

See website for info and photo below:

http://www.gov.pe.ca/hpo/index.php3?number=1029174

HERITAGE PRAYER

We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us.

We keep forgetting those who lived and worked in our communities.
We keep forgetting those who prayed and sang hymns in our churches before we were born.
We keep forgetting what our fathers have done for us.
We commit the sin, Lord, of assuming that everything begins with us.

We drink from wells we did not find.
We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
We worship in churches which we did not build.
We live in communities we did not establish.
This day, make us grateful for our heritage.

Amen

cf. Cumberland Historic Village, near Ottawa - in the vestibule of Vars Knox United Church -

adapted from a prayer in the old Covenanters' Church - 1804, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.