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Name: STEPHENS, Francis Gregory
Birth Date: 1876 Brentford
Death Date: 23.11.1935 Nairobi
First Date: 1906
Last Date: 1935
Profession: Building superintendent with the PWD; built the first permanent European Hospital on Hospital Hill, Nairobi. In 1911 he opened his own building construction business in Nairobi.
Area: Nairobi, Tanganyika - on retirement he built the Three Bridges Hotel at Moshi
Married: ?Emily
Book Reference: Gillett, Drumkey, Jews, Gazette, Barnes, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Mills Norfolk, North
War Service: In WW1 he served in the EA Supply Corps
General Information:
As well as other buildings, he was responsible for St Paul's Church, Kiambu, the Stag's Head Hotel Nakuru, extensions to the Norfolk Hotel, and the New Stanley Hotel. In 1918 joined the PWD in Tanganyika
Drumkey 1909 - Public Works Dept. - Overseer, Nairobi
Jews - 1912 - tendered unsuccessfully for the building of Nairobi's first synagogue
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - F. Stephens, Stanley Hotel
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Francis Gregory Stephens, British, age 61, died 23/11/35
Leader14 - Business Register - F.G. Stephens, Builder and Contractor, Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - F.G. Stephens - Kyambu
Red Book 1912 - Builder & Contractor - F.G. Stephens, Nairobi
Mills Norfolk - Stephens, who had arrived in Kenya in 1906 as a building superintendent with the Public Works Department, built Nairobi's first European Hospital on Hospital Hill and, by 1911, had opened his own construction business in Nairobi. In WW1 he served in the EA Supply Corps and in 1918 joined the PWD in the [then] Tanganyika.