Henry Bacon

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Excerpted from:

American Architects from the Civil War to the First World War

A Guide to Information Sources

Volume 3 in the Art and Architecture Information Guide Series

Lawrence Wodehouse

Gale Research Company
Book Tower, Delroit, Michigan 48226

1976

ISBN 0-8103-1269-7

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Pages 23-25

BACON, HENRY (1866-1924)

Educated University of Illinois, 1884, and worked for
McKim, Mead and White, ?-1891. Associated with James
Brite (see) 1897-1902; thereafter both worked alone.

Avery Library, Columbia University, has eight sketches,
three elevations, and perspective views of the
Massachusetts Monument, St. Mihiel, France. The American
Institute of Architects, Washington, has drawing of three
monuments and one house, and the National Archives has
155 sheets of the Lincoln Memorial.

Obituaries: ARCHITECTURAL RECORD 55 (March 1924): 274-76;
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE 125 (January-March 1924): 196;
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL 12 (1924): 151,
276, 401; NEW INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK 924: 508.

AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. "Henry Bacon, 1866-1924." Vol. 125
(1924): 195-96.

Background, education, training, and professional
and other awards are enumerated in this tribute
obituary.

Brown, Glenn. "The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C."
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE 118 (October 20, 1920): 489-99,
503-6; 118(0ctober 27, 1920): 523-33, 537-39.

Situated on an extension of the mall in an area of
what had been 700 acres of marshland, the Lincoln
Memorial terminates the long axis of the United
States Capitol. This was not the first site
discussed in relation to the memorial but became
the final selection when the architect was
appointed. Another site, on the axis of North
Capitol Street, was suggested with a design
prepared by John Russell Pope. Congressional
opinion, costs, and technical data are all included
in this well-illustrated article.

Concklin, Edward F. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON.
Washington: United States Government Printing Office,
1927. 94 p.

An historical illustrated description of President
Lincoln precedes the reports of the Lincoln
Memorial Commission and a description of the
architecture, sculpture, reliefs, landscaping, and
construction. Settlement in the foundations and
cracking of concrete beams necessitated additional
underpinning. Progress photographs span from the
untouched site, a marshy area along the Potomac, to
the dedication.

Cram, Ralph Adams. "The Lincoln Memorial, Washington,
D.C." ARCHITECTURAL RECORD 53 (June 1923): 478-508.

Cram praises the classicism of the Lincoln Memorial
stating that the age of Lincoln was "without a
vestige even of architectural decency." The article
is thoroughly illustrated but literary and poetic
in its presentation.

Embury, Aymar. "Henry Bacon, 1866-1924." ARCHITECTURAL
RECORD 55 (March 1924): 274-76.

An assessment of his qualities: "He hated meanness,
hypocrisy, self-seeking and bigotry with a fiery
contempt."

Swales, F.S. "Henry Bacon as a Draftsman." PENCIL POINTS
5 (May 1924): 42-62.

"Henry Bacon had only reached his zenith as a
draftsman as well as architect at the time of his
death." His early drawings in this country were
"dry but never hard in technique"; they developed
in Europe and in the offices where he worked. His
influence in those offices was considerable. His
association with painters and sculptors added to
his development. Career, partnerships, office work,
and eulogistic tributes are quoted from other
sources. Representative examples of his free hand
and architectural drahsmanship and watercolor work
are illustrated.
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