Formerly associated with Henry K. Murphy in the firm of Murphy & Dana after 1920 he maintained an independent office and during that period became a recognized authority on Colonial architecture.
Background
Richard Henry Jr. Dana was born in 1879 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Member of a distinguished American family, he was the son of Richard Dana, noted New York jurist and the former Edith Longfellow (daughter of the famous New England poet,) and grandson of Richard Dana
Education
A graduate of Harvard in 1901 he completed a three-year course in Architecture at Columbia University, and studied for two additional years in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Career
Upon his return to New York Mr. Dana joined the drafting staff of Delano & Aldrich's office and continued in the employ of the firm until 1908, in which year he entered into a partnership with Mr. Murphy. In his work under the firm name Mr Dana was identified with a number of notable public buildings in various cities among which were the Loomis Institute at Windsor, Conn., 1916-21- building for the Colonial Dames Society in New York; Community Buildinq at Easthampton, Mass., 1914-15; Chapel at New Rochelle (N. Y.) College; St. John's Parish House, Waterbury, Conn., 1921-23; St. Margaret's School at Waterbury; the Dalton School, New York City, and Church of Christ Scientist at Cambridge, Mass.
Membership
During his professional career Mr. Dana maintained membership in the New York Chapter, A.I.A. and the Architectural League of New York.