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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 739 MASS. AVENUE <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued) <br /> The firm of Brainerd&Leeds who designed the original 1912 building was engaged in practice in Boston for approximately <br /> twenty five years. William H. Brainerd graduated from MIT in 1887 and worked in the offices of Edmund Wheelwright, <br /> Shepley,Rutan& Coolidge and Francis R. Allen until 1898 when he opened an office with Edmund Leeds. The firm designed <br /> various public buildings including the Little Wanderers' Home in Boston,the West Medford Congregational Church,the <br /> Christian Endeavor Society Building in Boston,Athol Town Hall and schools in Ashland,Belmont,Billerica,Boston,Franklin, <br /> Grafton, Malden,Newton and Swampscott. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> American Architect and Building News,vol. 111,no. 2143, January 17, 1917. <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington from its first settlement to 1868(Revised and Continued to 1912 by the <br /> Lexington Historical Society). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913,vol. 1,p. 486-7. <br /> Kollen,Richard et al. Images ofAmerica: Lexington. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing Co.,2001,p. 48. <br /> Lexington Minute-man,August 24, 1912. <br /> Massachusetts Building Inspector Records, Massachusetts State Archives,Boston,MA <br /> Massachusetts Historical Commission,MACRIS data base. <br /> Withey,Henry F. and Elsie Rathburn Withey. Biographical Dictionary ofAmerican Architects (Deceased). Los Angeles: <br /> Hennessey& Ingalls,Inc., 1970. <br /> Worthen, Edwin B. A Calendar History of Lexington, Massachusetts 1620-1946. Lexington: Lexington Savings Bank, 1946. <br /> Continuation sheet 2 <br />