Paul A. Goettelmann

Sister Helen Sheehan Library of Trinity Washington University, completed in 1963. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Takoma Park, completed in 1963. The Church of the Holy Spirit in Forestville, built in 1970. Paul A. Goettelmann (May 5, 1907 – September 16, 1976) was an American architect and architectural educator. He was in practice in Washington, D.C. from 1954 to 1976 and was head of the Catholic University School of Architecture and Planning from 1959 to 1974.

Life and career Paul Auguste Goettelmann was born May 5, 1907, in Bellevue, Kentucky to Fernand Camille Goettelmann and Germaine Helene (Schirr) Goettelmann. He was educated at the Catholic University of America (CUA), graduating with a BS in Architecture in 1929 and a MA in architecture in 1930. He further earned a PhD in architecture in 1933. He then joined architects Murphy & Olmsted, the practice of Frederick V. Murphy, head of CUA architecture. This became Murphy & Locraft in 1938 and in 1954, when Murphy retired, Goettelmann became Locraft's partner.

In 1957 the firm became Thomas H. Locraft & Associates and in 1959, after Locraft died, it became Thomas H. Locraft Associates, with Goettelmann as senior partner. In 1964 Locraft Associates was divided into two firms, with Goettelmann forming Goettelmann & Xepapas with Anargyros N. Xepapas and his associates forming Allard & Joutz.

Goettelmann joined the American Institute of Architects in 1942 as a member of the Washington chapter. He served as chapter president for 1950–51. St. Luke Catholic Church, 4925 E Capitol St SE, Washington, D.C. (1956–57)

Thomas H. Locraft & Associates, 1957–1959 McGivney Hall, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. (1957) Edmund A. Walsh Building, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1958) Elizabeth Seton High School, 5715 Emerson St, Bladensburg, Maryland (1959)

Thomas H. Locraft Associates, 1959–1964 Sister Helen Sheehan Library, Trinity Washington University, Washington, D.C. (1961–63) Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 1006 Larch Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland (1963)

Goettelmann & Xepapas, 1964–1976 Robert M. McClintock house, Washington, D.C. (1968, unlocated) St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, 3149 Glen Carlyn Rd, Falls Church, Virginia (1969) Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit, 1717 Ritchie Rd, Forestville, Maryland (1970) Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 8601 Wolftrap Rd SE, Vienna, Virginia (1971–73)