Henry Bacon

Henry Bacon
The Lincoln Memorial in 2006
Born(1866-11-28)November 28, 1866
DiedFebruary 16, 1924(1924-02-16) (aged 57)
OccupationArchitect
AwardsAIA Gold Medal
ProjectsLincoln Memorial

Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866 – February 16,[1] 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, which was his final project before his 1924 death.

  1. ^ Turner, Jane (1996). The Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press: Macmillan Publishers Limited. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-19-517068-7.