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in 1902), Godefroy and Latrobe fell out and dissolved the partnership. Latrobe was to have contributed the overall design, while Godefroy was to execute the drawings and supervise construction. Godefroy changed the plans to reflect his own ideas. After parting company, Latrobe continued to credit
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Godefroy with the design for the front of the Exchange, and did not compete with him for the plans to design the new First Independent Church (Unitarians). Godefroy, however, blamed Latrobe for his inability to obtain further work in Baltimore.
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neighborhood). Other projects included the Commercial and Farmers Bank (now demolished), as well as the iron gates and monuments in the burial grounds beneath the
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First Independent Church of Baltimore, later to become known as the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Unitarian and Universalist)
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Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, North Paca Street & Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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between East Lexington and East Fayette Streets - constructed 1815 to 1822, and the now landmark
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to be built in Baltimore. Godefroy became acquainted with well-known British-American architect
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in September 1814, at North Calvert Street, between East Lexington and Fayette Streets, and the
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: College of Medicine of Maryland
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While in Baltimore, he designed a number of important and famous structures including the
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First Unitarian Church, Franklin & Charles Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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St. Thomas Catholic Church, U.S. Route 31 East, Bardstown vicinity, Nelson County, KY
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Howard & Redwood Streets (Commercial Building), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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then released about 1805 and allowed to come to the United States, settling in
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Battle Monument, Calvert Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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he fought briefly on the Royalist side. Later, as an anti-
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(1997). 613:French emigrants to the United States 259:Godefroy designed the famous iconic " 174:First Independent Church of Baltimore 7: 220:Godefroy left Baltimore in 1819 for 212:(demolished to make way for the new 411:Maximilian Godefroy (c.1770-c.1837) 125:activist, he was imprisoned in the 593:St. Mary's Seminary and University 538:Historic American Buildings Survey 523:. Answers Corporation. 2009-02-09. 25: 487:A Guide to Baltimore Architecture 623:19th-century American architects 210:"Baltimore Merchant's Exchange" 206:College of Medicine of Maryland 186:Westminster Presbyterian Church 154:St. Mary's Seminary and College 1: 373:Alexander, Robert L. (2000). 345:(1816-1820, demolished 1904) 228:before the ship had cleared 379:American National Biography 232:. 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Maximilien Godefroy

Paris
Architect

First Unitarian Church (Baltimore, Maryland)
architect
geographical/civil engineer
French Revolution
Bonaparte
fortress of Bellegarde
Château d'If
Baltimore
Maryland
St. Mary's College
St. Mary's Seminary Chapel
St. Mary's Seminary and College
Seton Hill
Battle Monument
Fort McHenry
Battle of North Point
First Independent Church of Baltimore
Unitarian and Universalist
Mount Vernon-Belvedere
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fort McHenry
Washington Monument
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Eliza Crawford Anderson
College of Medicine of Maryland

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