Étienne-Hippolyte Godde

Church of St. Denys du Saint-Sacrement, Paris

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

Born in Breteuil, Oise,^[1] 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,^[1] 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 ^[2]
expansion and renovation of Église Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris, 8th arrondissement, 1846
Cathédrale Sainte-Croix-Saint-Jean-des-Arméniens,^[1] 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 ^[1]

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↑ A dictionary of architecture and building: biographical ..., Volume 2 edited by Russell Sturgis, 1901, page 265

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