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 |