Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866 – February 16,[1] 1924) 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.

Bacon initially worked in the office of McKim, Mead & White in New York City, one of the best-known architectural firms at the time.

This gave him two years of study and travel in Europe, which he spent learning and drawing details of Roman and Greek architecture.

The LeFetra Mansion fully exhibits Bacon's preference for Beaux-Arts Neo-Greek and Roman architectural styles.

He designed the Court of the Four Seasons for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and the World War I Memorial at Yale University.

Bacon skillfully integrated into a residential setting many of his signature Greek Revival and Roman Renaissance elements and proportions.

The third Bacon-designed private residence is Chesterwood House, which he designed for his friend, the noted sculptor Daniel Chester French, as his summer home and studio at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

[2][3] In May 1923, President Warren G. Harding presented Bacon with the American Institute of Architects's Gold Medal, making him the sixth recipient of the honor.

Bacon died of cancer in New York City, and he is buried at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.