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House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue

Coordinates: 42°20′48″N 71°15′11″W / 42.34667°N 71.25306°W / 42.34667; -71.25306
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House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue
House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue is located in Massachusetts
House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue
House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue is located in the United States
House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue
Location2212 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′48″N 71°15′11″W / 42.34667°N 71.25306°W / 42.34667; -71.25306
Built1845
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.86001823 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1986

The House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue, in the Auburndale section of Newton, Massachusetts, is a rare local example of domestic Gothic Revival architecture. The two story wood-frame house was built c. 1845, and is distinguished by its board-and-batten siding, oriel window, crenellated porch decoration, and bracketing in the eaves. It appears to be based on one of the panel's in Andrew Jackson Downing's The Architecture of Country Houses, which espoused the style.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-14.