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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS <br /> LEXINGTON 29 HAYES AVE. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 1066 <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION continued <br /> The house was designed by Willard D. Brown, architect of Lexington, who also designed the house next door at 31 Hayes <br /> Ave. <br /> The Nichols House shares design features with the houses Brown designed at 5 Goodwin Rd. and 11 Bennington Rd. in <br /> Lexington. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE continued <br /> According to Sarah Emily Brown Schoenhut, Willard Brown's daughter, Howard Ostrom Nichols and his brother, Ernest <br /> Ostrom Nichols, built houses on adjacent lots at 29 and 31 Hayes Avenue respectively. Unlike the Doe Brothers, who built <br /> houses at 18 and 20 Adams St. that were similar, the Nichols brothers specified to architect Willard Brown that their <br /> houses should not be similar in design. <br /> REFERENCES continued <br /> Sarah Emily Brown Schoenhut. Letter to Anne Grady, March 27, 1984. <br /> Continuation sheet, 1 <br />