Paul Ludwig Simon

He published different articles on these subjects in German scientific journals – as for example “Annals of Physics” (Annalen der Physik).

After a two-year period of training at the Prussian Academy of Arts in October 1789 Simon was hired to serve as a “special director” at the Royal Building Administration (Königliches Oberhofbauamt).

According to family lore Simon accompanied Prussian Queen Luise on her flight from Berlin to Tilsit in October 1806 during the French military occupation of Napoleon in Prussia, as his professional activities afforded him rights of travel that enabled the Prussian Queen an inconspicuous passage.

Among other buildings Simon reconstructed the Palais Wilhelmstraße 76 (since 1819 the Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) for the Russian Diplomatic Representative Minister Alopeus in 1805 and the Palais Wilhelmstraße 65 (later the Prussian Ministry of Justice) for Prinz Ferdinand in 1809–1813.

Between 1804 and 1806 Simon built the estates and manor houses of Tempelberg and Gölsdorf for the Prussian Prime Minister Karl August von Hardenberg.