James Moore Goode

James Moore Goode (September 17, 1939 – December 12, 2019) was a historian based in Washington, D.C. He wrote a number of books about the history of architecture and statues in Washington, D.C.

Early life James Moore Goode was born on September 17, 1939, in Statesville, North Carolina. His father was a corporate treasurer. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Carolina in 1964 and a Master of Arts in history from the University of Virginia in 1966. His unpublished master's thesis was titled "The Debating Societies Maintaining the Great Patronage of the Student Bodies." He later attended George Washington University to earn a PhD in American Studies in 1995,

Career After graduating in 1966, Goode came to Washington, D.C. to teach at George Mason University. Goode then published Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings in 1979 and Best Addresses: One Hundred Years of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Homes in 1988. In 2012, Goode wrote Capital Views, a book assembling rare photograph of Washington, D.C. In 2015, Goode wrote The Evolution of Washington, D.C., which included images from Albert Small's Washingtoniana collection. Capital Houses of Washington, D.C. and Environs 1735–1965 appeared in 2015.

In 2015, Goode was awarded the Visionary Historian Award from the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.