Background
Gehron, William was born on July 9, 1887 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob and Marguerite (Dechert) Gehron.
Gehron, William was born on July 9, 1887 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob and Marguerite (Dechert) Gehron.
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1912. A.F.D. (honorary), Denison University.
Associate with Arnold West. Brunner, New York, 1912-1925. Gehron & Ross, New York, 1925-1932. Independent practice, New York and Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1932-1953.
With Gehron & Seltzer, since 1953.
Buildings designed, 1925-— include, The Pennsylvania State Capitol group, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (North Office Building, Education Building, Finance Building, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge, People's Court, New Center Wing of Capitol, general plan Capitol group extension), United States Military Academy, West Point, New York (Washington and Grant Halls), Veterans Memorial Bridge, Rochester, New York, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, New York, Young Men's Hebrew Association Building, Lexington Avenue, New York City, Union Temple, Brooklyn, general plan for Denison University, Granville, O. (chapel, library, science building, Curtiss Hall, Shaw Hall, dormitory buildings, sorority and fraternity houses, Physical Edition and Community Center, Music and Art Building), Harlem Hospital Out Patient Departments, New York, New York, State Hospitals, Criminal Court & Prison. Queens; McDonald Observatory, Texas.
Queens Borough Hall, Queens, New New York Halloran General Hospital and Staten Island for United States Army, new standard mobilization hospital designs for Army Engineers Public school 192, Manhattan, New York, nurses residence and school, Queens General Hospital, New York, New York, medical and surgical building, Utica (New York) Eastern State Hospital, Pennsylvania.
Hinley and Royle schools, Darien, Connecticut, also private homes.
Served as architectural consultant for Housing division Federal Department of Public Works, 1934-1936. Fellow American Institute of Architects, Denison University, Granville, O. Member Century Association, Architectural League of New York, National Academy of Design, National Institute for Architectural Education, National Academy of Design.
Married Grace Patricia McDermott, November 10, 1917. Children: Grace Patricia (Mistress John Edward Heilmann), William Jules.