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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community: Form No: MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL CUM SSION 26 Office of the Secretary, Boston Property Name: 13 Depot Square Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE In 1885, about 30 feet was cut off one end; it was redesigned as a train shed in 1873 (see Lexington Minute Man, August 2, 1873) . In 1873, tracks were laid to Concord (through Bedford) , and in 1886, double tracks from Lexington to Boston were completed. From that time on, into the early 1900s, the line was a busy one. At its peak, there were 22 trains a day each way into Boston and return. Prior to the coming of the streetcar in 1900, the train was the most convenient method of traveling within the town, i.e. , from Lexington Center to East Lexington. In 1917, the depot was damaged by fire and the B&M were about to tear it down until they were persuaded by town officials to renovate. Wm. Roger Greeley of Kilham, Hopkins and Greeley was the architect for the renovation. The structure was used as a depot until 1958 when it was purchased by Mr. Anthony Cataldo for a branch office of the Depositors Trust (of Medford) . One B&M passenger train per day continued to stop at the former depot until about 1977, when service ceased. (It went into Boston about 7:30 am, returned about 6:30 pm.) Slate roof was replaced with asphalt in 1976. Sources: E.B. Worthen; W.R. Greeley article in July 2, 1959 issue of the Lexington Minute Man newspaper. S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 Staple to Inventory form at bottom