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107:. The resulting firm, Trost & Creighton, was organized to supervise Trost's Arizona work. They dissolved partnership in 1908, when Trost established Trost & Trost. Creighton practiced alone until 1915, establishing Creighton & McDonald, but soon returned to private practice. He continued to practice under his own name until the mid-1920s.
84:. There, he formed a partnership with J. M. Henderson. in 1882 he moved on to Phoenix, hoping to get a job on the construction of the new Maricopa County Courthouse. Unsuccessful, he formed a partnership, Patton & Creighton, with Samuel E. Patton. Patton had been the successful bidder on the courthouse's carpentry.
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Gradually, he focused more and more on design and less on building, and opened an office for the practice of architecture in late 1887, after obtaining the commission for City Hall. He practiced alone until the mid-1890s, when he added
Denslow W. Millard, formerly of
99:, in the face of a severe drought that limited opportunities. However, he soon returned to Phoenix. In 1905 he again partnered with Millard, this time as Millard & Creighton. The partnership lasted until 1907. That year, Creighton associated with
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The following are images of historical structures in whose development James M. Creighton played an instrumental role:
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Territorial Insane Asylum, 2500 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix (1886–87) – From plans by an unidentified
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Nineteenth
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from the 1880s to the 1920s. He is considered to be one of
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Phoenix City Hall, 125 E. Washington St., Phoenix (1887–88) – Demolished c. 1928
764:"Fry Building (Baxter Block)". Arizona State Historic Property Inventory. 1983.
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72:. He worked for a local builder, and studied architecture at night school.
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Y.M.C.A. Building, Monroe St. & 2nd Ave., Phoenix (1908) – Demolished
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Gold Hotel, 3rd & Washington Sts., Phoenix (1911–12) – Demolished
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Dominion Hotel, Broad & Sycamore Sts., Globe (1905) – Burned 1981
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Ellingson
Building, 21 W. Washington St., Phoenix (1899) – Demolished
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Guide to MS 10, James M. Creighton
Collection, Photos and Documents
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Arizona State Hospital Building (Territorial Insane Asylum) – 1900
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Tempe City Hall, 140 E. 5th St., Tempe (1913–14) – Demolished 1968
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Phoenix Indian School, 300 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix (1891–92)
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Andre Building, 401 S. Mill Ave., Tempe (1888) – Remodeled 1900
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Oscar Roberts House, 2004 W. Madison St., Phoenix (1893)
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Frank Titus House, 1310 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale (1892)
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The Old Main building a.k.a. Tempe Normal School – 1889
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Vernetta Hotel, 216 N. Frontier St., Wickenburg (1905)
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Hotel Adams, 50 E. Adams St., Phoenix (1896) – Burned
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John Nicholas Saloon, 46 E. 11th St., Florence (1889)
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Florence Townsite Historic District NRHP Nomination
95:Around the turn of the century, Creighton moved to
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