1494-1496 Commonwealth Avenue

This 27-unit apartment building was built around 1925 and underwent a major renovation in 1984.

The 1925 City Directory lists Saul Brown; John Dunphy; Morris Gottlob, a salesman; Warren Morgan, a salesman; John Newton; Joseph O'Brien; Charles O'Malley, an editorial department employee; and James Swan, a partner in James T Swan & Company, as residents of this building.

The 1925 Bromley Atlas shows A. and M. Popoli as the owners of this building.