James M. Creighton

Creigton from 1922 passport application

James Miller Creighton (September 14, 1856 - November 25, 1946) was an architect who practiced in Phoenix, Arizona from the 1880s through the 1920s. Several of his works are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Creighton was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, emigrated to Denver, Colorado in 1879, and resided in Colorado for three years. He became a naturalized United States citizen and, in the early 1880s, established an architectural practice in Arizona.^[1] He lived with his wife Nellie Creighton in Maricopa County in the Arizona Territory from at least 1900 through at least the 1930s.

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]^[3]

Works include:

Andre Building (1888), at 401-403 S. Mill Avenue, Tempe, Arizona (Creighton, James M.), NRHP-listed^[2]
Dominion Hotel, S. Broad Street, Globe, Arizona (Creighton,James), NRHP-listed^[2]
Old Main, University of Arizona, University of Arizona campus Tucson, Arizona (Creighton,James M.), NRHP-listed^[2]
Niels Petersen House, Southern Ave. and Priest St., Tempe, Arizona (Creighton, James M.), NRHP-listed^[2]
Pinal County Courthouse (1891), at Pinal and 12th Streets, Florence, Arizona (Creighton, James M.), NRHP-listed^[2]
Tempe Hardware Building, 520 S. Mill Avenue, Tempe, Arizona (Creighton, James M.), NRHP-listed^[2]
Frank Titus House, 1310 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, Arizona (Creighton, James Miller), NRHP-listed^[2]^[4]
Vernetta Hotel, 1 Apache St., Wickenburg, Arizona (Creighton, James), NRHP-listed^[2]
One or more works in Florence Townsite Historic District, roughly bounded by 3rd & Florence Sts., Butte and Central Aves., and Chase/Ruggles Ditch Florence, AZ (Creighton, J.M.), NRHP-listed^[2]
President's House, ASU campus Tempe, AZ (Creighton & Millard), NRHP-listed^[2]
Smurthwaite House, Originally located at 602 N. 7th Street and later moved to 1317 W. Jefferson Street Phoenix, Arizona (Creighton & Millard), NRHP-listed^[2]

Gallery

Historic structures by James M. Creighton

Tempe Hardware Building

ASU-President's House

Frank Titus House

Vennetta Hotel

UA Old Main

References

↑ U.S. Passport Application for J. M. Creighton, architect, dated February 20, 1922. Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 1840.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
↑ Tempe's Historic Buildings, Tempe Historical Society
↑ Douglas B. Sydnor (2010). Scottsdale Architecture. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 0738578770.