Foster & Creighton
American construction firm (1885–?)
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Foster & Creighton was a construction and civil engineering firm of Nashville, Tennessee. It has been known also as the Foster-Creighton Company, as the Foster and Creighton Co., and as Foster and Creighton Company.
FormerlyFoster and Creighton Co.,
Foster and Creighton Company,
Foster–Creighton Company
Foster and Creighton Company,
Foster–Creighton Company
Founded1885
FounderWilbur Fisk Foster,
Robert T. Creighton
Robert T. Creighton
HeadquartersNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| Formerly | Foster and Creighton Co., Foster and Creighton Company, Foster–Creighton Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1885 |
| Founder | Wilbur Fisk Foster, Robert T. Creighton |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
It was founded in 1885 by Wilbur F. Foster (engineer) and Robert T. Creighton, who had both served as City Engineer of Nashville. The firm did a lot of contract work for government civil engineering projects. A third partner was bought out, early on, and the firm was known as Foster–Creighton Company.[1]
A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]
List of work
| Year | Name | City | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | Lebanon Road Stone Arch Bridge | Nashville | Tennessee | NRHP-listed[2] |
| 1896 | Replica of the Parthenon at Centennial Park | Nashville | Tennessee | excavation, stone foundations and concrete slabs, superintendent / engineers W.F. Foster and R. T. Creighton[4] |
| 1913 | Lock No. 3 | Tennessee | started after 1893, for the Army Corps of Engineers[1] | |
| 1922 | Vanderbilt Stadium | Nashville | Tennessee | now FirstBank Stadium, for which the firm was project manager[5] |
| 1924 | Shelbyville Hydroelectric Station | Shelbyville | Tennessee | NRHP-listed[2][6] |
| 1925 | Bennie–Dillon Building | Nashville | Tennessee | NRHP-listed[2] |
| 1925 | Columbia Hydroelectric Station | Columbia | Tennessee | located at Riverside Park, NRHP-listed[2] |
| 1927 | Lillard's Mill Hydroelectric Station | Milltown | Tennessee | NRHP-listed[2][7] |
| 1928 | Guildfor Dudley Sr. and Anne Dallas House | Forest Hills | Tennessee | NRHP-listed[2][8] |
| 1929 | Parthenon Restoration at Centennial Park | Nashville | Tennessee | superintendent / engineers J.W. Wright, George Douglas Jr., Pete Tuberville[9] |
| 1929 | Thomas Jefferson Hotel | Birmingham | Alabama | for which the firm was the contractor |
| 1943 | Building Construction AEDC Plant | superintendents / engineers Ben F. Fite, H. F. Campbell, A. C. Columbo, George Roden, Homer Crowder[10] | ||
| 1957 | Electro-Manganese Plant, Foote Mineral Co. | Knoxville | Tennessee | superintendents / engineers George Rosen, William H. Price Jr., C. E. Barber.[11] |
| 1957 | St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing | Knoxville | Tennessee | superintendents / engineers George Roden, William H. Price Jr.[12] |
| 1960 | Hospital | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | superintendents / engineers William H. Price Jr., George Rosen[13] |
| 1961 | Cyclotron Facilities Buildings | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | superintendents / engineers George Roden, William H. Price Jr.[14] |
| 1964 | Laboratory Building Atomic Energy Commission | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | superintendent William H. Price Jr.[15] |
| 1966 | Saint Mary's Hospital Annunciation Wing | Knoxville | Tennessee | superintendent William H. Price Jr.[16] |
| 1967 | Paris Road Bridge | New Orleans | Louisiana | also known as the Green Bridge |
| 1971 | Repairs to Parthenon at Centennial Park | Nashville | Tennessee | superintendent George Douglas Jr.[17] |
