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:
“If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timbers will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“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)