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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 9 Philip Road <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s)the <br /> owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> In 1964 the School Committee voted to build a new elementary school on Moreland Avenue because of the need for classroom <br /> space in the eastern part of town. The school was built according to the same plan as the Bridge Elementary School at 55 <br /> Middleby Road which was constructed at the same time. <br /> The Bowman School was designed by the architectural firm of Clinch, Crimp,Brown&Fisher. The firm also designed other <br /> schools in Lexington including the Fiske School, Estabrook School and Bridge School. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Hinkle,Alice and Andrea Cleghorn. Life in Lexington 1946-1995. <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913. <br /> Massachusetts Archives Building Plans List. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />