GOODHUE, BERTRAM GROSVENOR American architect, was born at Pomfret Hill (Conn.), April 28, 1869. He studied architecture in New York city with James Ren wick, and in 1891 entered the office of R. A. Cram in Boston (Mass.) , later becoming a partner. In 1903 the firm opened an office in New York city, of which Goodhue took charge. After 1914 he practised alone. He designed churches and cathedrals which were thoroughly modern, yet Gothic in inspiration. At the same time he was one of the most prominent exponents of the sky-scraper building.
Among the structures designed by him are St. Thomas's Church, the Chapel of the Intercession, and the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York city; the Nebraska State capitol, Lincoln (Neb.) ; St. Mark's Church, Mount Kisco (N.Y.) ; St. Thomas's College, and the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council in Washington ; University Chapel at the University of Chicago ; the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.) ; and the Exposition buildings for San Diego (Calif.). He was also the architect for the Cathedral of Maryland (Balt.). He died in New York city, April 24, 1924.