Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, FAIA

Year Awarded: 1925
Born: April 28, 1869; Pomfret, Connecticut
Died: 1924; New York City


Projects
• 1924: Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Neb.
• 1924: Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles
• 1924: National Academy of Sciences Building
• 1920: Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago
• 1920: Oahu College and Kamehameha School, Honolulu
• 1917: Grolier Club Library, New York City
• 1915: El Prado Quadrangle, Balboa Park, San Diego
• 1914: Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.
• 1913: Hotel Washington, Colon, Panama
• 1909: First Baptist Church, Pittsburgh
• 1906: Chapel and original campus, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
• 1904: Grace Church Chapel, Chicago
• 1902: Hunt Memorial Library, Nashua, N.H.
• 1892: All Saints' Church, Ashmont, Mass.


Biography
Bertram Goodhue was home-schooled by his mother until he was 11 years old. He then attended Russell's Collegiate and Military Institute, completing his education at the age of 15. In 1884 he became an apprentice at Renwick, Aspinwall, & Russell, where he studied with Renwick for six years.

In 1891 he won a design competition for the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew in Dallas. He moved to Boston and became involved with the Society of Arts and Crafts. That year, he cofounded the firm Cram, Wentworth, & Goodhue; in 1898 the firm became Cram, Goodhue, & Ferguson. Goodhue revitalized Spanish Colonial architecture through his work on plans for Balboa Park at the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego.

In 1911 Trinity College gave Goodhue an honorary degree. In 1917 he was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Goodhue is remembered for his innovative Neo-Gothic designs, though he is often classified as an American Modernist for the simpler classical design he evidenced in his later work.