Étienne Hippolyte Godde

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Name Etienne-Hippolyte Godde

Born 26 December 1781 (age 87), Breteuil, France Died 7 December 1869 (aged 87), Paris, France

Étienne-Hippolyte Godde (26 December 1781 – 1869) was a French neoclassic architect.

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Born in Breteuil, Oise, educated at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and Architect of the City of Paris from 1813 to 1830, Godde designed some thirty religious buildings, six public buildings, and numerous other structures. Among his apprentices was Henri Labrouste. In poverty later in life, he was buried in the 27th division of Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Work

Church of Boves in Picardie, 1805-1818

restructuring of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés between 1819 and 1827

Notre-Dame de Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris, 2nd arrondissement, 1823-1829

the chapel and the gate of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, 1823-1825

Church of St. Pierre du Gros Caillou, in Paris, 7th arrondissement, 1829

Church of St. Denys du Saint-Sacrement in Paris, 3rd arrondissement, with pediment sculpture by Jean-Jacques Feuchère, 1835

restoration of the Church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris, 1st arrondissement, 1838-1848

expansion and renovation of Église Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris, 8th arrondissement, 1846

Cathédrale Sainte-Croix-Saint-Jean-des-Arméniens, 1855

Old Seminary of St. Sulpice in Paris

Part of the old Hotel de Ville in Paris (destroyed during the Commune) in collaboration with Jean-Baptiste Lesueur

reconstruction work at Amiens Cathedral

References

Étienne-Hippolyte Godde Wikipedia

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