Foster & Creighton was a construction contracting 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 Wilbur F. Foster and Robert T. Creighton, who had both served as City Engineer of Nashville. 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]
Works include:
- Lock No. 3, after 1893, on the Cumberland River, for the Army Corps of Engineers[1]
- Green Bridge (New Orleans), which began construction in 1964
- Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, for which the firm was project manager[4]
- Thomas Jefferson Hotel.
- Bennie-Dillon Building, 702 Church St., Nashville, Tennessee (Foster & Creighton), NRHP-listed[2]
- Columbia Hydroelectric Station, Riverside Park, Riverside Dr. and Duck River, Columbia, Tennessee (Foster & Creighton), NRHP-listed[2]
- Guildfor Dudley Sr. and Anne Dallas, 5401 Hillsboro Pike, Forest Hills, Tennessee (Foster & Creighton), NRHP-listed[2]
- Lebanon Road Stone Arch Bridge, Over Brown's Creek at Lebanon Rd., Nashville, Tennessee (Foster & Creighton Co.), NRHP-listed[2]
- Lillard's Mill Hydroelectric Station, McLean Rd. and Duck River, Milltown, Tennessee (Foster & Creighton), NRHP-listed[2]
- Shelbyville Hydroelectric Station, TN 231 at Duck River, Shelbyville, Tennessee (Foster & Creighton), NRHP-listed[2]
- Excavation, Stone Foundations & Concrete Slabs for Replica of the Parthenon at Centennial Park, [Nashville, Tennessee] (Foster & Creighton), Completed 1896, Superintendent/Engineer W.F. Foster and R. T. Creighton[5]
- Parthenon Restoration (Centennial Park). Completed 1929, Superintendent/Engineer J.W. Wright, George Douglas Jr., Pete Tuberville[6]
- Building Construction AEDC Plant, Completed 1943, Superintendents/Engineers Ben F. Fite, H. F. Campbell, A. C. Columbo, George Roden, Homer Crowder[7]
- Electro-Manganese Plant, Foote MineralCo., Knoxville Tennessee, Completed 1957, Superintendents/Engineer George Rosen, William H. Price Jr., C. E. Barber.[8]
- School of Nursing, St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville Tennessee, Completed 1957, Superintendents/Engineers George Roden, William H. Price Jr.[9]
- Hospital, Oak Ridge Tennessee, Completed 1960, Superintendents/Engineer William H. Price Jr., George Rosen[10]
- Cyclotron Facilities Buildings, Oak Ridge Tennessee, Completed 1961, superintendent/Engineers George Roden, William H. Price Jr.[11]
- Laboratory Building Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge Tennessee, Completed 1964, Superintendent William H. Price Jr.[12]
- Saint Mary's Hospital Annunciation Wing, Knoxville Tennessee, Completed 1966. Superintendent William H. Price Jr.[13]
- Repairs to Parthenon, (Centennial Park) Nashville Tennessee, Completed 1971, Superintendent George Douglas Jr.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Survey Report for Historic Bridges: Chapter 3-Bridge Companies" (PDF). Tennessee Department of Transportation. pp. 25–26.
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Pre-TVA Hydroelectric Power Development in Tennessee MPS
- ^ Institute, Prestressed Concrete (1983). "PCI journal".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, Wilbur F. Creighton, 17 December 1989, Page 1
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, Page 7
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 15
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 22
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 22
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 25
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 25
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 27
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 28
- ^ The Foster-Creighton Record, Projects Completed by Foster & Creighton Company and Subsidiaries - since 1885, page 30
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