Simeon Street – Named after Charles Simeon (1816-1867). Simeon was acting Canterbury Association agent and provincial treasurer of Canterbury in 1854. He bought Rural Sections 154 and 214, land in Lower Lincoln Road, and Rural Section 240, 100 acres in Lincoln Road and Riccarton Road. First mentioned in the Star in 1878 when land for sale there is advertised. First appears in street directories in 1902.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and not really a lot that I can add to it. Papers Past had a couple of article about tramway extension in 1909 and 1916. Lots of ads for sale of sections in 1878.
This is a long street with houses from every decade from 1905. At the Brougham St / Jerrold St end there is a mixture of new and old houses. The old houses are interesting as they were originally built in the exactly the same style but over the years they have evolved so each one is slightly different. Then you come to Simeon Park. It is all housing until you come to the new fire station. This station replaces the one that was demolished because of earthquake damage. On the same side of the street is the car park for Barrington Mall.
More houses until you get to Roker St where there is an entrance to Sydenham cemetery. Many of the houses are lovely old wooden villas but if I was going to live on this street I would prefer to be at the other end away from the Mall and the fire station.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 