1940-1950 Commonwealth Avenue

The 1925 City Directory lists Lula Adams; William Bennett, vice president of the Jacobson Publishing Company; Mrs. Mary Bicknell; Harry Burnes, insurance; Erwin Cone, a partner in the Engel-Cone Shoe Company; Anne Coppinger; Mrs. Susan Cornish; Mrs. R.M. Crouch; Lawrence Elliot; Irving Gatty; George Germond, a salesman; E.H. Haan; L.K. Haley; H.T. Hansen; J. Platt Hatch, a revenue officer; Mrs. Mary Hatch, an author; Agnes Hazel; George Hill; M. Kerrigan; Benjamin Lazarus, a partner in Lazarus & Company; Vernon Leigh, a designer; Ralph Morgan; Walter Pope, a manager; Mrs. J.T. Reed; Miss E.K. Roche; Herbert Rosenthal, a buyer; Ralph Shepard; Allen Smith, a manager; David Smith; George Staples, a note broker; Mrs. L.H. Stone; Mrs. A.E. Wheelock; E.R. Woodward; and Harry Yates, a salesman, as residents of 1940 Commonwealth.

George Babcock, a produce broker; Lemuel Willis Bean, a special agent for the US Treasury Department; Drew Betz, a manager; Mrs. Joseph Brandenburg; Saul Butter; Malcolm Clarke; M.R. Cobb; William Crawford; William Dalton; John Earts, president and treasurer of the J.L. Esart Company; Miss H.C. Edmunds; Florence Eldridge, a hairdresser; Frank Epstein, treasurer of the Epstein Drug Company; Richard Feinzig, a manager; Mrs. Richard Feinzig; D. Fineberg; Maurice Finn, president and treasurer of Finn's Labor Agency Incorporated and a partner in Beaver Motor Tours; Mrs. George Glower; Fred Kettelle; Benjamin Levin, a lawyer; Leo Mayer, president of the Henry Cole Company; M.G. McCormick; Hamilton Moore, a supervising engineer; Mrs. Louis Nash; Gregory Nathan; Joseph Rosenbluth, a manager; Harry Sawyer, a wheat dealer; Mrs. B.C. Sparrell; Seymour Stecker; Edward Wilson, wool; and Mrs. A. Wise are listed as residents of 1950 Commonwealth by the 1925 City Directory.

The 1925 Bromley Atlas shows L. Lansky as the owner of this brick building.