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Dana A. Sanborn
Born	(1869-12-24)December 24, 1869 Epsom, New Hampshire
Died	October 26, 1932(1932-10-26) (aged 62) Nahant, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect

The Breakers in Lynn, completed in 1921.

Lynn English High School, completed in 1931.

Dana A. Sanborn (1869–1932) was an American architect in practice in Lynn, Massachusetts during the early twentieth century.

Life and career

Dana Austin Sanborn was born December 24, 1869 in Epsom, New Hampshire to Edwin Sanborn and Rachel (Lord) Sanborn. He was raised in Lynn and educated in the public schools. In 1888 he joined the office of local architect Henry Warren Rogers as a drafter, remaining in his office for fifteen years. In 1903 he formed a brief partnership with architect M. F. Burk, but opened his own office the following year. By 1905 he had been joined by Herbert Weed as a drafter, and the two formed the partnership of Sanborn & Weed in 1919, a firm that would last until Sanborn's death in 1932. Weed continued the practice under his own name into the 1950s.

Personal life

Sanborn was married twice. He married first to Ethelyn B. Searles of Lynn in 1894, who died in 1906. He married second in 1909 to Lucy Ella Giberson, who outlived him. After his second marriage he moved to Nahant, where he died October 26, 1932 of a heart attack.

From 1915 to 1921 Sanborn was a selectman of the Town of Nahant.

Legacy

Sanborn specialized in the design of schools and large apartment buildings, and at the time of his death he was one of the best-known architects in the region. Several of his works contribute to historic districts that have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.