Henry Bacon 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.
The Lincoln Memorial in 2006
Union Square Savings Bank in Manhattan a New York City landmark, which is now the Daryl Roth Theatre
Program from the AIA Gold Medal presentation to Henry Bacon in 1923
Dupont Circle Fountain in Washington, D.C.
The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. An example of neoclassicism, it is in the form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel Chester French designed the large interior statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln (1920), which was carved in marble by the Piccirilli brothers. Jules Guerin painted the interior murals, and the epitaph above the statue was written by Royal Cortissoz. Dedicated on May 30, 1922, it is one of several memorials built to honor an American president. It has been a major tourist attraction since its opening, and over the years, has occasionally been used as a symbolic center focused on race relations and civil rights.
Aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial, in 2010
Lincoln Memorial
West Potomac Park prior to the Memorial's construction, c. 1912
The Memorial under construction, July 1916