Background
Creighton, William J. was born on July 31, 1892 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of William Saint Clair and Lilly Grace (Vaccaro) Creighton.
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William J. Creighton
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Education
Student, Los Angeles Polytechnic, 1907-1911. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1915, Master of Science, 1917. Student School of Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1918.
Career
Registered architect in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia and District of Columbia. Designer in office of McKim, Mead & White, New York, 1920-1927. Partner, Louisiana Farge, Clark & Creighton, New York, 1927-1930.
Private practice, William J. Creighton, 1930-1945.
With Toombs & Creighton 1945-1948. Private practice, since 1949.
Architects 6th District Federal Reserve Bank, Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, Fulton County Administration Building, Rich’s, Incorporated. Department Store; designed building for New York Genealogical and Biological Society.
Designed residence for Garrard Winston, New New York
Estates for John Hay Whitney (Virginia), Philip G. Cole (Harrytown, New York), Henry Pratt (Bristol, Pennsylvania), Theodore Montague (Greenwich, Connecticut). Architect for Atlanta Public Library. Architect for Fulton Company Administration Building.
Achievements
Membership
Served as First lieutenant, Royal Marine Artillery Pilot, United States Army, World War I. Member Mayor’s Committee of Architects of New York, planning board Township of New Castle, Westchester County, New New New York Member American Arbitration Society, American Institute of Architects (president Georgia chapter), Beaux Arts Institute of Design, Phi Gamma Delta.
Club: Athletic (Atlanta).
Connections
Married Alice Townley Smyth, June 12, 1920. Children: William Smyth, Suzanne Meade, Edward Telfair, Alice Townley.
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July 17, 1955 (aged 62)