Index to Deeds: 109-111 Commonwealth

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall and building restriction agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase until conversion of the building into condominiums.  Mortgages, trust agreements, and other similar recorded documents are not included.  This index is intended as a guide only; actual deeds should be reviewed for details.

Transfers of Land and Buildings:109-111 Commonwealth
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
11Jan1990 First American Bank for Savings One Hundred Nine Commonwealth Avenue Condominium 16060 156
30Jan1989 Edgard Puente and David Boersner, trustees, Boston Commonwealth Trust (foreclosure of mortgage) First American Bank for Savings 15370 184
23Dec1986 TFG-1 Associates Edgard Puente and David Boersner, trustees, Boston Commonwealth Trust 13241 341
01Oct1986 Howard N. Levin, trustee, The Cavendish Trust (Confirmatory deed, correcting name of grantee) TFG-1 Associates 13241 325
01Oct1986 Howard N. Levin, trustee, The Cavendish Trust TGF-1 Associates 12925 137
30Jun1972 Norman B. Leventhal; Howard Rubin, executor of the estate of Robert Leventhal, and Anita R. Novins Howard N. Levin, trustee, The Cavendish Trust 8547 493
Transfers of Land and Buildings:109 Commonwealth
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
21Mar1962 George V. Buehler Robert Leventhal and Norman B. Leventhal 7657 419
17Mar1962 Judith F. Viscott sometimes called Judith A. Viscott), formerly Judith A. Finn, wife of David S. Viscott, and Robert E. Finn George V. Buehler 7632 568
28Jan1954 David A. Finn and Robert S. Mitchell, trustees, Dartmouth Realty Trust David A. Finn 6933 224
28Dec1953 James Albert Robert S. Mitchell and David A. Finn, trustees, Dartmouth Realty Trust 6926 260
28Dec1953 Cavendish Club of Boston James Albert 6926 258
03Apr1940 Minna Levine Town Bridge Club 5847 220
01Apr1940 Elizabeth C. Lyman Minna Levine 5847 290
01Jul1920 Samuel Cabot (one-half undivided interest) Elizabeth C. Lyman 4238 239
18Jul1899 Harriet C. Coolidge, formerly the wife of David H. Coolidge, Jr. (one-half undivided interest) Helen Nichols Cabot, wife of Samuel Cabot 2624 61
18Jul1899 David H. Coolidge, Jr. (release of interest) Helen Nichols Cabot, wife of Samuel Cabot 2624 60
18Jul1899 George L. Peabody and Elizabeth C. Peabody, his wife, in her own right (one-half undivided interest) Helen Nichols Cabot, wife of Samuel Cabot 2624 59
12Jan1876 Henry Whitwell (lot with 28 foot frontage and dwelling house) Elizabeth C. Crowinishield, wife of Caspar Crowninshield 1311 254
Transfers of Land and Buildings:111 Commonwealth
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
19Dec1962 Patricia Ann Langenbach Robert Leventhal and Norman B. Leventhal 7707 468
25Mar1948 Marion F. Wright Patricia Ann Langenbach 6415 250
25Mar1948 Richard W. Langenbach and Patricia Ann Langenbach, husband and wife Marion F. Wright 6415 249
28Nov1945 William Randolph Taylor (Confirmatory deed) Richard W. Langenbach and Patricia Ann Langenbach, husband and wife 6189 194
20Sep1945 William Randolph Taylor Richard W. Langenbach and Patricia Ann Langenbach, husband and wife 6181 177
27Jul1938 Charles E. Sampson William Randolph Taylor 5735 618
10Sep1914 James M. Crafts and Gordon Knox Bell, trustees under the will of Clemence H. Crafts Charles E. Sampson 3832 518
25Mar1905 Anna Kneeland Shaw Clemence H. Crafts, wife of James M. Crafts 3029 607
12Sep1904 Frederick A. Whitwell, as tenant for life and as surviving executor of the will of Henry Whitwell; Frederick A. Whitwell and Frederick S. Whitwell, executors of the will of Sophia L. Whitwell; Frederick A. Whitwell and Frederick S. Whitwell, executors of Samuel Horatio Whitwell; and Frederick S. Whitwell and Natalie Whitwell, children of Frederick A. Whitwell Anna Kneeland Shaw 2990 551
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
28Mar1871 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 84 foot frontage) Henry Whitwell 1040 217
Party Wall Agreements
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
15May1871 Henry Whitwell (owner of lot at 109 Commonwealth) Charles Thorndike (owner of lot at 107 Commonwealth) 1050 65
 
Building restriction included in deed of sale of 113 Commonwealth for the benefit of 111 Commonwealth, specifying that, until November 24, 1956, “no building shall be erected, placed or allowed to stand upon said premises [at 113 Commonwealth] which building extends beyond the exterior lines of the building now on said premises; except that the foregoing restriction shall in no way bar the construction of an additional story on said building and a penthouse above said story for an elevator, the construction of a balcony projecting not over twelve feet from the rear wall of the main building over the ell in the rear thereof, nor the construction of such fire egress as may be required by law, except that no such fire egress shall be constructed any part of which is within ten feet of the building on No. 111 Commonwealth Avenue.”
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
13Nov1936 Charles E. Sampson (seller of 113 Commonwealth and owner of 111 Commonwealth) Maurice E. Goldberg, trustee, Goldberg Trust (buyer of 113 Commonwealth) 5636 283