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. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. 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. Engineering News-record. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1900-01-25. p. 52.
10. 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.