House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue is a historic house at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts.
It was built in 1845 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Famous quotes containing the words house, commonwealth and/or avenue:
“First there’s the children’s house of make believe,
Some shattered dishes underneath a pine,
The playthings in the playhouse of the children.
Weep for what little things could make them glad.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Along the avenue of cypresses,
All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices
Of linen, go the chanting choristers,
The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . .”
—D.H. (David Herbert)