Despite Brainerd's expulsion from Yale, the University later named a building after him (Brainerd Hall at Yale Divinity School), the only building on the campus to be named after a student who was expelled.
Navzdory Brainerdovy vyloučení z Yale University, po něm univerzita pojmenovala budovu (Brainerd Hall at Yale Divinity School), jediná budova v kampusu pojmenovaná po studentovi, který byl vyloučen.