Nathaniel Dudley Goodell
Illustration — Nathaniel Dudley Goodell Nathaniel Dudley Goodell (April 18, 1814– November 30, 1895) was an American architect whose work remains in Massachusetts and California. He was born in 1814 in Dwight, Massachusetts, a village in North Belchertown, the fifth surviving son of the twelve children of Moses Goodell (1777-1854) and Susanna Pettengill (1778-1848). His grandparents, from Connecticut, established a homestead along today's Federal Street in 1777.
Nathaniel Dudley Goodell

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- 1814
- Died
- 1895
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- United States
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- architect
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Born in 1814, died in 1895.
Nathaniel Dudley Goodell (1814–1895) was an American architect.
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- 1.Sgromo, Vito Joseph. Nathaniel Dudley Goodell, 1814-1895: Massachusetts Builder, California Architect. California State University, Sacramento. 1987.
- 2.Goodells & the Gold Rush. Gold Rush Stories. 2009-09-27.
- 3.ibid.
- 4.Doersch, Carol W. Gone to Rest: Biographies of Sacramento Pioneers Buried in Or Nearby Pioneer Grove in the Old Sacramento City Cemetery. (2001)
- 5.Lombardo, Daniel. Tales of Amherst: A Look Back. Jones Library. 1986. 978-0-9616559-0-7.
- 6.The Goodell/Goodale Family Papers, 1750-1905 Jones & Branches - Public Libraries - Amherst, MA. joneslibrary.org.
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