Maximilian Godefroy
French
Born in France, Maximilian Godefroy was a notable Baltimore architect. - AsNotedIn
Born in France, Maximilian Godefroy was a notable Baltimore architect. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Architect | Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | Baltimore, MD | |||||
| Architect | First Unitarian Church | Baltimore, MD | |||||
| Architect | Battle Monument | Baltimore, MD | |||||
| 1805/00/00 | After imprisonment in the fortress of Bellegarde (above the town of Le Perthus in Pyrenees-Orientales) as an anti-Bonaparte activist, Godefroy is exiled from France by Napoleon and migrates to the United States. | Refugee | Occitanie | France | |||
| 1806/00/00 | Construction begins on St Mary's Seminary Chapel in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by Maximilien Godefroy, its false front is likely influenced by Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1805 Gothic alternative design for the Baltimore Cathedral. | Architect | St Mary's Seminary Chapel | Baltimore, MD | |||
| 1816/00/00 | Seminarians of St Thomas Seminary erect St Thomas Church as a convenience for the growing number of Catholic families in the area south of Bardstown, Kentucky. | Architect | St Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House | Bardstown, KY | |||
| 1817/00/00 | A marble baptismal font by Maximilian Godefroy is installed at Old St Paul's. It survives in the current church. | Sculptor | St Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church | Baltimore, MD | |||
| 1819/00/00 | Maximilian Godefroy's daughter dies of Yellow Fever. | Grieving father |
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