Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924

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Architect, son of Henry & Elizabeth (Kelton) Bacon of Massachusetts, then of Wilmington, N.C. Graduated in 1884 from Tileston School. Henry had older brother, Francis Henry Bacon, 1 younger brother, Carl Kelton Bacon and 1 sister, Katherine Bacon McKoy. Henry began his career as a draftsman with the Boston Firm Chamberlin & Whidden. In 1893 Henry married Laura Florence. He was awarded the Rolch Traveling Scholarship in 1889 and studied in Italy and Greece. Henry was the architect who designed the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He also designed the Women of Confederacy Memorial in Raleigh, N.C., and his last design was the memorial baptismal in St. George's Church in New York. In 1923 he was presented with the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects by President Warren Harding. Henry Bacon was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.

From the description of Letters, 1880-1921 / Henry Bacon. (University of North Carolina, Wilmington). WorldCat record id: 36636541
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referencedIn Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture and Planning records circa 1890-1963. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.). Panama-Pacific International Exposition architectural drawings : blueprints, 1913-1914. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924. Mausoleum for the Hanna Estate, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, O[hio] [graphic] : [detail drawings] / Henry Bacon, architect. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924. Henry Bacon letter to his cousin [manuscript] 1893 Mar. 5. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Henry Bacon : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Fowler, Laurence Hall, 1876-1971. Laurence Hall Fowler autograph collection 1613-1925. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Royal Cortissoz papers, 1864-1955, 1920-1955 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Thornton, William, 1759-1828. The Capitol, Washington, D.C. [model] : White House : Washington's Mansion, Mount Vernon, V.A. : Union Station : Lincoln Memorial. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf D.H. Burnham & Co. Records, ca. 1891-1912. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924. Henry Bacon letters to F.E. Elwell, 1902-1903. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Charles A. Platt architectural records and papers, 1879-1981, (bulk 1882-1933) Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
creatorOf Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1300-1926. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924. Lincoln Memorial [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. 1790 - 1992. Proposal Plans for a Lincoln Memorial National Archives at College Park
creatorOf M.A. Hanna Monument Association (Cleveland, Ohio). Records, 1904-1907. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
creatorOf Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933. Charles A. Platt architectural records and papers, 1879-1981 (bulk 1882-1933). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Welch, Alexander McMillan, 1867-1943. Rutherford Stuyvesant memorial, Tranquillity, New Jersey [graphic] / [drawn by] Hughson Hawley ; Alexander McMillan Welch, Architect ; Daniel Chester French, sculptor ; Henry Bacon, designer of pedestal. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924. Letters, 1880-1921 / Henry Bacon. University of North Carolina Wilmington, William Randall Library
referencedIn Daniel Chester French Papers, circa 1848-1968, (bulk 1911-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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associatedWith Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948. person
associatedWith D.H. Burnham & Co. corporateBody
correspondedWith Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922 person
associatedWith Fowler, Laurence Hall, 1876-1971. person
correspondedWith French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931. person
associatedWith Hanna, H. M. person
associatedWith Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828. person
associatedWith Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 person
associatedWith Lake View Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). Hanna Mausoleum. corporateBody
associatedWith M.A. Hanna Monument Association (Cleveland, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933. person
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