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| Harkness, Jim (c.1890s) |
| Builder/Contractor, Biloxi, MS |
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| Date | Inventory# | Name of Property | Role | Description of Work | Location |
| D | 1891 | 047-BLX-2378.2-X | Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) (II) | Builder/Contractor | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
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| Harkness, John R. & Sons (c.1894-1903) |
| Architecture Firm, Biloxi, MS |
| Firm apparently began as a contracting business under JOHN R. HARKNESS, but evolved into an architect/builder firm, especially after son , WILLIAM T. HARKNESS took over the business after the retirement of his father in 1894. See Buildings of Biloxi, pp. 40-44 for further information. see also HARKNESS, L.A. |
| Date | Inventory# | Name of Property | Role | Description of Work | Location |
| D | | no file | Harry T. Howard House [not extant], | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| D | 1886-88 | 047-BLX-1179-X | Howard Memorial Public School, SW corner of Esters Blvd. & Main Street | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| D | c.1890 | 047-BLX-2403-X | Judge E.L. Brown House, 490 Beach Boulevard, 807 Beach Boulevard, East | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
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| Harkness, John R., & L.A. |
| Builder/Contractor, Biloxi, MS |
| see also Harkness, John R. and Harkness, John R. & Sons in architects listing. |
| Date | Inventory# | Name of Property | Role | Description of Work | Location |
| | 1896 | 047-BLX-2426-X | (Old) Biloxi City Hall And Market, Main Street & Howard Avenues | Builder/Contractor | completed building after first begun by other firm | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
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| Harkness, William T. (1894-c.1930) |
| Architect, Biloxi/Gulfport, MS |
| Son of JOHN R. HARKNESS. Took over family business, which had previously concentrated more on contracting than on design, in 1894, after the retirement of his father. Listed as "W.R. Harkness" in the Directory of American Cement Industries and Handbook for Cement Users (1902) under the heading "Engineers, Architects and Other Supervisors of the Use of Cement" (p. 632). Listed at 1320 West R. St., Biloxi, in "Directory of Southern Architects" in Southern Architect and Building News, Vol. 32, #2 (Dec 1913), pp. 43-45. See Buildings of Biloxi, pp. 40-44, 135, 138, for further information. See also Harkness, John R. & Sons. Briefly affiliated with WILFRED S. LOCKYER as HARKNESS & LOCKYER around 1927. |
| Date | Inventory# | Name of Property | Role | Description of Work | Location |
| A | C.1895 | 047-BLX-1021-NRD | house, 124 (126) Rue Magnolia | Architect/Builder | Original Building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| A | c.1895 | 047-BLX-1112-X | commercial building, 784 Howard Avenue, 204 Howard Avenue, West | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| A | 1895 | 047-BLX-1053-NRD | (old) Masonic Temple {Magnolia Lodge No. 120, F&AM} | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| A | c. 1895 | 047-BLX-1054-NRD | commercial building, 796C Howard Avenue | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| D | 1896 | 047-BLX-1042-NRD | (Old) People's Bank Building ((later) Ellzey's Hardware, Ellzey's Building) | Architect/Builder | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| D | 1905 | 047-BLX-0026-NRD-ML | O.G. Swetman House, 1516 Beach Boulevard, West, 1210 Beach Boulevard | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| D | 1905-06 | 047-BLX-2042-NRD | Louis Bowen House, 555 Howard Avenue | Architect | Original Building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| D | 1924 | 047-BLX-2421-X | (Old) Dukate Elementary School, 435 Howard Avenue | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
| D | 1926 | 047-BLX-0005-NRD-X | house, 1132 Beach Boulevard, West, 1092 Beach Boulevard | Architect | Original building | Biloxi, Harrison Co. |
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