Henry Bacon

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Henry Bacon was an American architect best known for designing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
activeYearsEnd 1920s
activeYearsStart 1880s
associatedWith City Beautiful movement
awardReceived Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects
basedIn New York City
burialPlace Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1866-11-28
dateOfDeath 1924-02-16
designed Court of the Four Seasons, Panama–Pacific International Exposition
Daniels Building at Union Theological Seminary
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool landscaping (collaborative context)
Temple of the Scottish Rite, Washington, D.C.
educatedAt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
employer McKim, Mead & White
familyName Bacon
fieldOfWork architecture
gender male
genre monumental architecture
givenName Henry
knownFor classical revival designs
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Institute of Architects
movement Beaux-Arts architecture
name Henry Bacon
nationality American
notableFor design of national memorials
notableWork Court of the Four Seasons, Panama–Pacific International Exposition
Daniels Building at Union Theological Seminary
Lincoln Memorial
Temple of the Scottish Rite, Washington, D.C.
occupation architect
placeOfBirth Watseka, Illinois
placeOfDeath New York City
residence New York City
spouse Laura Florence Calvert
stateOfBirth Illinois
stateOfDeath New York
style Beaux-Arts
workedOn World War I memorials


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