HARRIS, Dennis Reginald (1851-1932) of Victoria, B.C. was trained as a civil engineer and held the position of City Surveyor there in 1882. In 1884 he formed a partnership with George Hargreaves, an architect and surveyor, and practised with him for at least two years. It is likely that many of the designs by the firm are from the hand of Hargreaves. By 1886 their services were devoted exclusively to that of engineering and land surveying. Harris became a city alderman in Victoria in 1889. He died in Victoria on 3 November 1932 (death notice Victoria Daily Times, 5 Nov. 1932, 11; D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 92-3, 503).
HARRIS & HARGREAVES
REDFERN'S BLOCK, Government Street between Fort Street and Broughton Street, a commercial block for Charles Gabriel and C.E. Redfern, 1884 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 20 April 1884, 3, descrip.; Resources of British Columbia, ii, 1 Dec. 1884, 3-4, descrip.)
(with William F. McCaw, Portland, Ore.) UNION CLUB, Douglas Street at Courtney Street, 1884; demol. Sept. 1952 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 1 June 1884, 3; Victoria Daily Times, 18 June 1884, 3; P. Bissley, History of the Union Club of British Columbia, 1969, 18-20, illus.)
MEARES STREET, residence for Mrs. Antoine, 1884 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 18 June 1884, 3)
VICTORIA CRESCENT, on Lots 25 & 26 of the Christ Church Trust, a boarding house, 1884 (Victoria Daily Times, 24 July 1884, 2, t.c.; and descrip. on p. 3)
GALPIN BLOCK, Government Street near Fort Street, commercial block for Thomas D. Galpin, 1884 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 3 Aug. 1884, 3; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 36, illus.)
MICHIGAN STREET, near Beacon Hill Park, residence for H. David Lenevue, 1884; demol. 1963 (Victoria Daily Times, 15 Nov. 1884, 3)
HAMLEY'S BLOCK, Government Street at Broughton Street, 1885 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 28 May 1885, 3; 18 June 1885, 3, descrip.)
ESQUIMALT ROAD, residence for Mr. Pooley, 1885 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 18 June 1885, 3)