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.
It was founded in 1885 by 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.
A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
List of work +List of works by Foster & CreightonYearNameCityStateNotes1888Lebanon Road Stone Arch BridgeNashvilleTennesseeNRHP-listed1896Replica of the Parthenon at Centennial ParkNashvilleTennesseeexcavation, stone foundations and concrete slabs, superintendent / engineers W.F. Foster and R. T. CreightonThe Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, Wilbur F. Creighton, 17 December 1989, Page 11913Lock No. 3 Tennesseestarted after 1893, for the Army Corps of Engineers1922Vanderbilt StadiumNashvilleTennesseenow FirstBank Stadium, for which the firm was project manager1924Shelbyville Hydroelectric StationShelbyvilleTennesseeNRHP-listed1925Bennie–Dillon BuildingNashvilleTennesseeNRHP-listed1925Columbia Hydroelectric StationColumbiaTennesseelocated at Riverside Park, NRHP-listed1927Lillard's Mill Hydroelectric StationMilltownTennesseeNRHP-listed1928Guildfor Dudley Sr. and Anne Dallas HouseForest HillsTennesseeNRHP-listed1929Parthenon Restoration at Centennial ParkNashvilleTennesseesuperintendent / engineers J.W. Wright, George Douglas Jr., Pete TubervilleThe Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, Page 71929Thomas Jefferson HotelBirminghamAlabamafor which the firm was the contractor1943Building Construction AEDC Plantsuperintendents / engineers Ben F. Fite, H. F. Campbell, A. C. Columbo, George Roden, Homer CrowderThe Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 151957Electro-Manganese Plant, Foote Mineral Co.KnoxvilleTennesseesuperintendents / engineers George Rosen, William H. Price Jr., C. E. Barber.The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 221957St. Mary's Hospital School of NursingKnoxville Tennesseesuperintendents / engineers George Roden, William H. Price Jr.The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 221960HospitalOak RidgeTennesseesuperintendents / engineers William H. Price Jr., George RosenThe Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 251961Cyclotron Facilities BuildingsOak RidgeTennesseesuperintendents / engineers George Roden, William H. Price Jr.The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 251964Laboratory Building Atomic Energy CommissionOak RidgeTennesseesuperintendent William H. Price Jr.The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 271966Saint Mary's Hospital Annunciation WingKnoxville Tennesseesuperintendent William H. Price Jr.The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 281967Paris Road BridgeNew OrleansLouisianaalso known as the Green Bridge1971Repairs to Parthenon at Centennial ParkNashville Tennesseesuperintendent George Douglas Jr.The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 30
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