Liberal Establishment on Tory Row

Cambridge, Mass.—Number 113 Brattle Street is a large white gabled house with green shutters and leaded glass around the doors. It stands surrounded by million-dollar houses in the middle of an historic neighborhood just west of Harvard Square. In fact, its next-door neighbor is a national landmark, the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Mr. Wagner is a freelance writer living in Cambridge.