Étienne-Hippolyte Godde

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

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, Enlargement of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Paris 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