Francis T. Bacon was the supervising architect of the

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system from the mid-1890s until 1907. Bacon died in Chicago on June 18, 1909, at the age of 43, after having been in private practice for two years.

Works

* Union Station, Madison Street, Springfield, Illinois, 1896,

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-listed * Illinois Central Railroad Main Station,

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, 1898 *Illinois Central Office Building,

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, 1899 * Illinois Central Railroad Station,

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, 1899 * Fort Dodge & Omaha (Illinois Central) Station,

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, 1900 * Fort Dodge & Omaha (Illinois Central) Station, Denison, Iowa, 1900 * Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot, 111 South Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, Illinois, 1903,

-listed * Illinois Central Railroad Van Buren Street Station,

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* Illinois Central 12th Street Station Annex,

* Union Station,

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* Illinois Central warehouses,

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Gallery

File:Springfield Union Station W0446.jpg, Union Station, Springfield, Illinois File:IL Central depot in Carbondale.jpg, Illinois Central Passenger Depot, Carbondale, Illinois

References

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