Background
Thomas M. James was born inn 1875 at Cambridge, Massachussets, United States.
Thomas M. James was born inn 1875 at Cambridge, Massachussets, United States.
He was educated in Boston, the young man received an architectural training under the late Samuel J. Brown.
After a few years of practice under the firm name of Hill & James, in 1909 he organized his own company, and continued as its active head during the rest of his life. Among his most important works were the National Bank at Springfield, Mass., built in 1920; Phenix National Bank, New York, and the First National at Fort Wayne, Ind. In Boston, he was architect of the Commonwealth Atlantic National Bank, 1924, the Union Trust Building, and the office building at 75 Federal Street.