Francis T. Bacon

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^[9]
• 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^[10]
• Union Station, Memphis, Tennessee^[10]
• Illinois Central warehouses, New Orleans, Louisiana^[10]

Gallery

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  Union Station, Springfield, Illinois

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  Illinois Central Passenger Depot, Carbondale, Illinois

References

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