 Kọkọ parí gbólóhùn yìí: Ìlú Watseka, ní ìpínlẹ Illinois ni wọn bí Henry Bacon sí. Ó kẹkọọ fúngbà díẹ ní Yunifásítì Illinois, Urbana 1884, ṣùgbọn ó fi ilé-ẹkọ náà sílẹ láti bẹrẹ iṣẹ ọnà rẹ gẹgẹ bí onímọ nípa iṣẹ ọnà. O ṣiṣẹ ni ọfiisi ti McKim, Mead  White MMW ni Ilu New York, ọkan ninu awọn ile-iṣẹ ayaworan ti o mọ julọ. Awọn iṣẹ Bacon ti akoko yẹn ni o wa ni ipari Greek Revival ati Beaux-Arts architectures ti o ni nkan ṣe pẹlu ile-iṣẹ naa, eyiti o pẹlu awọn : 1889 Paris World Expo, the Boston Public Library, the New York Herald Building, the Harvard Club of New York, Columbia Universitys Morningside Heights campus, the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and New Yorks Pennsylvania Station, among others. Àwọn ilé-ìkó-ìwé tí ó wà ní ìlú Boston, New York Herald Building, the Harvard Club of New York, the Columbia Universitys Morningside Heights campus, the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and New Yorks Pennsylvania Station, among others. Àwọn ilé-ìkó-ìwé tí ó wà ní ìlú Boston, New York Herald Building, the Harvard Club of New York, the Columbia Universitys Morningside Heights campus, the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and New Yorks Pennsylvania Station, among others. 