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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 346 CONCORD AVE. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 2210 346 Concord Avenue demonstrates Lexington's transition from an agricultural economy to a residential suburb in the early 20 th century. Land at the southeast quadrant of Concord Avenue and Waltham Street is identified as belonging to M. O'Brien as early as 1898, and several houses are standing in the vicinity by 1906, but they appear not to include what is now#346. The 1899 directory and 1900 U.S. census show Martin O'Brien, a farmer born in Ireland, living in a house on Waltham Street, near Concord Avenue, with his wife Julia, two daughters, two sons (both farm laborers), and three young German men also working as farm laborers. Between 1920 and 1926, William and Ruth Greer purchased and moved into the house at this address, and are identified here with their three young children in 1930. Both William and Ruth were born in Ireland; William worked as a chauffeur for a private family. The Greer family occupied the house at least through 1945. The house was subsequently occupied by Robert McCarthy, who worked in the post office, and his wife Betty, who lived here at least between 1955 and 1965. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, 1935, 1935/1950. Lexington Directories: 1899, 1906, 1908-09, 1913, 1922, 1926, 1934, 1936 Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. U.S. Census: 1900, 1920, 1930, 1940. SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES F lop North ■■■■■■■■ North (facade) elevations of house and garage Garage: East and north (facade)elevation Continuation sheet 3