James Dwight Dana House
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in the United States
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. This building, designed by New Haven architect Henry Austin
Henry Austin (architect)
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on Hillhouse Avenue
Hillhouse Avenue
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, was the home of Yale University
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geology
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professor, James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world.-Early life and career:...
. It was declared a National Historic Landmark
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in 1965.
The building has housed the Department of Statistics at Yale for over 30 years. It was renovated during 1996.
The house is a contributing building in the Hillhouse Avenue Historic District, which was defined in 1985 to extend south of Trumbull Street to include just the triangular property holding the James Dwight Dana House building.