NEW CALEDONIA COMMUNITY ARCHIVES

GREGORY SIMEON PAPERS, 1937-1977

Processed by: Cameron Andrews
Completed 1 September 1977

INTRODUCTION:

The papers and architectural drawings of Gregory Simeon (1914-1977), architect, were donated to the New Caledonia Community Archives by the terms of Mr. Simeon's will. Research use is unrestricted, but no copies of architectural drawings may be made and no structures built based on these records without written permission from the executor of Mr. Simeon's estate and his successors. The current executor is Mr. David Charleston.

Originals: 3 feet of documents; 100 photographs;
300 architectural drawings

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

Gregory Simeon was born in Paris, France, in 1914. He emigrated to Canada with his family in 1920, after losing the family wine business in World War I. Simeon studied architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and moved to New Caledonia in 1944, opening his own architecture business on 3344 Front Street. Simeon never married; he died while vacationing in Paris, France, in 1977.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTES:

The Simeon papers consist of correspondence, contracts, sketches, photographs, and architectural drawings. A list of structures designed by Simeon is appended to this inventory.

SERIES DESCRIPTION:

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