56 Commonwealth Avenue was designed by architect George Nelson Jacobs and built in 1930 as a five story, 22-family apartment house. It was built for Frederick E. Johnston, who is shown as the owner on the original building permit application, dated February 10, 1930.
60 Commonwealth Avenue was designed by Snell and Gregerson, architects, and built ca. 1866, one of four contiguous homes (54-56-58-60 Commonwealth) built at the same time in a Georgian Revival style, with bow fronts and balustraded parapets above the main cornice.
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