Index to Deeds: 113 Commonwealth

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall 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
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
30Jan1981 Washington Financial Services, Inc. 113 Commonwealth Avenue Condominium 9665 14
31Oct1979 Richard H. Goldberg (Confirmatory deed) Washington Financial Services, Inc. 9304 56
31Aug1979 Richard H. Goldberg Washington Financial Services, Inc. 9247 189
31May1979 Marie E. Sacco Richard H. Goldberg 9194 623
31May1979 Edward K. Welch, Richard H. Goldberg, and Barbara C. Weingarden, trustees, M. E. Goldberg Foundation (Confimatory Deed of Book 8866, p. 730) Marie E. Sacco 9194 622
31May1979 Richard H. Goldberg Marie E. Sacco 9194 626
24Aug1977 Richard H. Goldberg and Barbara G. Weingarden, trustees, B and R Realty Trust Richard H. Goldberg 8981 744
22Jul1976 Richard H. Goldberg Richard H. Goldberg and Barbara G. Weingarden, trustees, B and R Realty Trust 8886 740
22Jul1976 Mark R. Werman, Richard H. Goldberg, and Barbara G. Weingarden, trustees of the M. E. Goldberg Charitable and Educational Trust Richard H. Goldberg 8886 730
09Mar1959 Walter S. Gainey Maurice E. Goldberg, trustee, M. E. Goldberg Charitable and Educational Trust 7381 596
12Mar1948 (recorded 18Dec1953) William A. Sargent Walter S. Gainey 6924 29
19Feb1940 James Henry Fuller William A. Sargent 6412 324
19Oct1939 James F. O’Brien, Jr. James Henry Fuller 5840 32
21Aug1939 Maurice E. Goldberg, trustee, Goldberg Trust James F. O’Brien, Jr. 5807 511
13Nov1936 Charles E. Sampson Maurice E. Goldberg, trustee, Goldberg Trust 5636 283
22Jun1929 Walter H. Gleason Charles E. Sampson 5110 121
08May1929 Harriet Anthony Frothingham, wife of Randolph Frothingham, formerly Harriet P. Anthony (sometimes known as Hattie P. Anthony) Walter H. Gleason 5098 584
01Jul1901 Jacob H. Hecht and Lina F. Hecht, his wife, in her own right Hattie P. Anthony, wife of S. Reed Anthony 2763 511
08Feb1889 Louis D. Brandeis Lina F. Hecht, wife of Jacob H. Hecht 1861 175
08Feb1889 Jacob H. Hecht Louis D. Brandeis 1861 174
31Dec1877 Walter Hastings Jacob H. Hecht 1404 158
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
25Sep1876 Henry Whitwell (lot with 28 foot frontage) Walter Hastings 1345 56
28Mar1871 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 84 foot frontage) Henry Whitwell 1040 217
Party Wall Agreements
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
18May1876 Walter Hastings (owner of lot at 115 Commonwealth) Henry Whitwell (owner of lot at 113 Commonwealth) 1326 272
Building restriction included in deed of sale of 113 Commonwealth specifying that, until November 24, 1956, “no building shall be erected, placed or allowed to stand upon said premises 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