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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 6 ABBOTT ROAD <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 405 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> Arthur Cephas Whitney was a prominent Boston contractor who worked with many leading architects in the early 20t" <br /> century. The MACRIS database maintained by the Massachusetts Historical Commission associates him with ten Boston <br /> buildings. These include the construction of four buildings at Simmons College,working with architect Guy Lowell,the <br /> Old Colony Trust Company on Court Street in 1908 for Shepley, Rutan&Coolidge,the Appleton Building in 1900 for <br /> Andrews, Jacques and Rantoul, 131-134 Tremont Street in 1907 with Winslow and Bigelow and two buildings for <br /> Peabody and Stearns—74-84 State Street(1902)and the Boston Insurance Company Building at 87 Kilby Street(1913). <br /> Arthur and Katherine Whitney were still living at 6 Abbott Road in 1942. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,November 3, 1906; September 14, 1907. <br /> Massachusetts Historical Commission. MACRIS database. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> March 2009 <br />