Francis T. Bacon Explained

Francis T. Bacon was the supervising architect of the Illinois Central Railroad system from the mid-1890s until 1907.^[1] Bacon died in Chicago on June 18, 1909, at the age of 43, after having been in private practice for two years.^[2]

Works

• Union Station, Madison Street, Springfield, Illinois, 1896,^{[3] [4]} NRHP-listed
• Illinois Central Railroad Main Station, Champaign, Illinois, 1898^[5]
• Illinois Central Office Building, Carbondale, Illinois, 1899^[6]
• Illinois Central Railroad Station, Decatur, Illinois, 1899^{[7] [8]}
• Fort Dodge & Omaha (Illinois Central) Station, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1900^[9]
• Fort Dodge & Omaha (Illinois Central) Station, Denison, Iowa, 1900
• Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot, 111 South Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, Illinois, 1903, NRHP-listed
• Illinois Central Railroad Van Buren Street Station, Chicago, Illinois^{[10] [11]}
• Illinois Central 12th Street Station Annex, Chicago, Illinois
• Union Station, Memphis, Tennessee
• Illinois Central warehouses, New Orleans, Louisiana

References

1. Book: Railway Review .... 1897-01-01. en.
2. Book: Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer. Mehren. Edward J.. Meyer. Henry Coddington. Goodell. John M.. 1909-01-01. McGraw Publishing Company. en.
3. Book: Railway Review .... 1897-08-14. 465. en.
4. Web site: Illinois Central (IC) Railroad Station (Springfield, IL) :: Archival Image & Media Collection. digital-libraries.saic.edu. 2016-05-08.
5. Web site: Champaign - Urbana, IL — Great American Stations. www.greatamericanstations.com. 2016-05-08. 2015-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150315033834/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/CHM. dead.
6. Book: The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader. 1899-01-27. 63. en.
7. Book: Railroad Gazette. 1899-12-23. Railroad gazette.. 886. en.
8. Web site: Illinois Central (IC) Railroad Station (Decatur, IL) :: Archival Image & Media Collection. digital-libraries.saic.edu. 2016-05-08.
9. Book: Engineering News-record. 1900-01-25. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 52. en.
10. Book: Engineering and Contracting. 1909-06-30. Myron C. Clark Publishing Company. 516. en.
11. Web site: Illinois Central (IC) Railroad Station, (Chicago, IL: Van Buren Street) :: Archival Image & Media Collection. digital-libraries.saic.edu. 2016-05-08.