Background
Dennison, Ethan Allen was born on April 4, 1881 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Melville and Emma (McFarlan) Dennison.
Dennison, Ethan Allen was born on April 4, 1881 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Melville and Emma (McFarlan) Dennison.
Graduate Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn, 1897. Studied Godfrey Architectural Preparatory School, Paris, Ecole des Beaux Arts, 1899-1905 (awarded 3 medals).
Began in office of Trowbridge and Livingston, New York, 1905. Practiced alone, 1907-1910. Member Dennison & Hirons, 1910-1929.
Head of Ethan Allen Dennison & Associates since 1929.
Active in planning numerous buildings, including Hartford National Bank, Phoenix National Bank, Society for Savings of Hartford, Department Stores for Sage Allen Company and for Wise-Smith Company, Hartford, Bridgeport Trust Company, Liberty Title and Trust Company (Philadelphia), Corn Exchange Bank (New York), United States National Bank (Johnstown, Pennsylvania), Headquarters of State Bank, New York, now Manufacturing Trust Company, Peoples Trust Company, Brooklyn, now National City Bank, Federal Trust Company, Newark, New Jersey, and 60 other bank buildings. Sports Building (United States Military Academy), important stations Pennsylvania Railroad
Chosen in competition one of architects on housing program in New York and was one of group to plan $20,000,000 Fort Green project, Brooklyn. Won Rockland Company Court House Competition, 1928, Williamsburg Dime Savings Bank competition, 1924.
Member Dennison & Hirons, 1910-1929. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Archl. League (New York City), Beaux Arts Society of New York, American Society of French Legion of Honor.
Chairman Red Cross drive for New York architects, 1933-1939.
Clubs: Century (New York), Apawamis, Mansuring Island (Rye), Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina.). Artist in water colors.
Married Elizabeth Pugh, November 5, 1913. Married second, Hanni Buchi, 1 daughter, Janet. Children: Ethan Allen, Junior.