The following is an index to property transfer deeds 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 | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 09Jan1975 | Richard J. Saletta, trustee, Franchi Development Trust | The Vendome Condominium | 8763 | 483 |
| 16Mar1971 | Sidney Kleve, Murray Bellow, and Joseph S. Wohl | Richard J. Saletta, trustee, Franchi Development Trust | 8428 | 310 |
| 08Dec1970 | Gary Bellow (one-third undivided interest) | Murray Bellow | 8408 | 577 |
| 08Dec1964 | Thomas H. Lundergan | Joseph S. Wohl, Gary Bellow, and Sidney Kleve | 7909 | 280 |
| 01Dec1964 | Joseph S. Wohl, Gary Bellow, and Sidney Kleve | Thomas H. Lundergan | 7909 | 275 |
| 14Jan1963 | Thomas H. Lundergan | Joseph S. Wohl, Gary Bellow, and Sidney Kleve | 7714 | 316 |
| 14Dec1962 | Joseph S. Wohl, Murray Bellow, and Sidney Kleve | Thomas H. Lundergan | 7714 | 311 |
| 15May1959 | Milton Loewe and Sidney Kleve, trustees, Vendome Realty Trust | Joseph S. Wohl, Murray Bellow, and Sidney Kleve | 7396 | 1 |
| 10Sep1954 | Emile P. Coulon, Ernest P. Coulon, and Arthur Brattler, trustees, Vendome Trust | Sidney Kleve and Milton Loewe, trustees, Vendome Realty Trust | 6991 | 29 |
| 30Dec1943 | One-Sixty Commonwealth Ave., Inc. | Emile F. Coulon, Emile P. Coulon, Anna L. Coulon, trustees, Vendome Trust | 6076 | 581 |
| 28May1943 | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company | One-Sixty Commonwealth Ave., Inc. | 6038 | 355 |
| 08Jan1937 | Profile and Flume Hotels Company (foreclosure of mortgage assumed by The Vendome Company) | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company | 5644 | 434 |
| 27Jan1926 | Profile and Flume Hotels Company | The Vendome Company, Inc. | 4762 | 288 |
| 06Dec1924 | Samuel F. Rockwell, Madeleine Davis Powers, and Dorothy Davis Rimmer (formerly Dorothy Davis Simpson), trustees under the will of Ada M. Davis | Profile and Flume Hotels Company | 4649 | 126 |
| 22Mar1880 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (foreclosure deed, 168 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1487 | 29 |
| 12Dec1879 | Charles A. Wood, Caroline E. Wood, and Mary M. Wood (all interest in 290 Dartmouth and 160-168 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1478 | 159 |
| 09Dec1879 | Samuel P. Cannell (166 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1477 | 304 |
| 09Dec1879 | Samuel P. Cannell (164 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1477 | 303 |
| 03Nov1879 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (foreclosure deed, 162 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1476 | 187 |
| 01Nov1879 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (foreclosure deed, 160 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1476 | 185 |
| 30Oct1879 | Mary M. Wood (162 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1474 | 203 |
| 30Oct1879 | Mary M. Wood (160 Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1474 | 202 |
| 30Oct1879 | Mary M. Wood (lot with 49 foot frontage) | Charles Whitney | 1474 | 201 |
| 30Oct1879 | Charles A. Wood and Caroline E. Wood, husband and wife (290 Dartmouth, land and buildings at corner of Dartmouth with 74 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | Charles Whitney | 1474 | 201 |
| 07Oct1879 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (foreclosure deed, 164 Commonwealth) | Samuel P. Cannell | 1474 | 265 |
| 12Sep1879 | Charles A. Wood (foreclosure of mortgage and evidence of possession, 160 Commonwealth) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 1468 | 20 |
| 12Sep1879 | Charles A. Wood (foreclosure of mortgage and evidence of possession, 164 Commonwealth) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 1468 | 19 |
| 12Sep1879 | Charles A. Wood (foreclosure of mortgage and evidence of possession, 162 Commonwealth) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 1468 | 19 |
| 23May1879 | Charles A. Wood (lot with 49 foot frontage) | Mary M. Wood | 1457 | 290 |
| 23Oct1878 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (foreclosure deed, 166 Commonwealth) | Samuel P. Cannell | 1440 | 125 |
| 19Jul1878 | Charles A. Wood (foreclosure of mortgage and evidence of possession, 166 Commonwealth) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 1426 | 256 |
| 28Dec1877 | Charles A. Wood (foreclosure of mortgage and evidence of possession, 168 Commonwealth) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 1404 | 187 |
| 19Oct1877 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (foreclosure of mortgage given by The Hotel Vendome Company; (lot with 49 foot frontage) | Charles A. Wood | 1396 | 236 |
| 16Jun1877 | Napoleon B. Bryant (168 Commonwealth) | Charles A. Wood | 1379 | 86 |
| 10Sep1877 | The Vendome Hotel Company (foreclosure of mortgage given by The Vendome Hotel Company Jonathan Preston and Asaph Churchill, and assigned by them to the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank; lot and buildings with 123 foot frontage) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 1388 | 184 |
| 15Feb1877 | John F. Wade (foreclosure of mortgage given by Jonathan Preston to Paul Adams and assigned by him to John F. Wade; 162 Commonwealth) | Mary M. Wood | 1365 | 49 |
| 16Sep1876 | The Vendome Hotel Company (162 Commonwealth) | Jonathan Preston | 1347 | 268 |
| 16Sep1876 | The Vendome Hotel Company (160 Commonwealth) | Mary M. Wood | 1347 | 267 |
| 16Sep1876 | The Vendome Hotel Company (lot at corner of Dartmouth with 74 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | Charles A. Wood | 1347 | 266 |
| 07Aug1876 | Jonathan Preston (foreclosure of mortgage given by Charles A. Wood; lot at corner of Dartmouth with 74 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | Charles A. Wood | 1342 | 212 |
| 01Mar1875 | Charles A. Wood (foreclosure of mortgage given by Charles Wood to Paul Adams; 160 Commonwealth) | Mary M. Wood | 1259 | 266 |
| 05Feb1875 | Charles W. Bartlett (168 Commonwealth) | Napoleon B. Bryant | 1255 | 262 |
| 04Feb1875 | Napoleon B. Bartlett (foreclosure of mortgage given by Charles A. Wood; 168 Commonwealth) | Charles W. Bartlett | 1255 | 260 |
| 30Jan1875 | Charles A. Wood (foreclosure of mortgage given by Charles Wood to Paul Adams; 162 Commonwealth) | Jonathan Preston | 1256 | 54 |
| 31Jul1874 | Charles A. Wood (160 Commonwealth) | Mary M. Wood | 1226 | 157 |
| 17Apr1873 | Charles A. Wood (160-162 Commonwealth) | The Vendome Hotel Company | 1154 | 265 |
| 16Jan1873 | Charles A. Wood (lot with 42 foot frontage) | The Vendome Hotel Company | 1142 | 10 |
| 06Jun1872 | Charles A. Wood (two lots, one at corner of Dartmouth with 74 foot frontage and second 42 feet to the east of the first lot, with 7 foot frontage) | The Vendome Hotel Company | 1110 | 191 |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 06May1885 | George G. Davis (lot with 56 foot frontage) | Charles Whitney | 1676 | 498 |
| 06May1885 | Charles Whitney and Sarah K. Whitney, his wife, in her own right (lot with 56 foot frontage) | George G. Davis | 1676 | 497 |
| 27Jun1883 | William T. Hart (lot with 56 foot frontage) | Sarah K. Whitney, wife of Charles Whitney | 1603 | 393 |
| 07Apr1874 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 56 foot frontage) | William T. Hart | 1244 | 65 |
| 16Nov1871 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 42 foot frontage) | Charles A. Wood | 1142 | 9 |
| 29Sep1871 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 112 foot frontage) | Charles A. Wood | 1074 | 126 |
| 29Nov1870 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot a corner of Dartmouth with 74 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | Charles A. Wood | 1027 | 78 |
| Building restriction agreement limiting for 99 years the depth and height of any buildings erected at 157-159-161-163 Newbury, and waiving on the part of the owner of the land at 157-159-161-163 Newbury any claim against the owner of the Hotel Vendome for any damages arising out of the building or maintaining of the Hotel Vendome | ||||
| Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 06May1885 | John W. Wolcott (owner of land at 157-159-161-163 Newbury) | Charles Whitney (owner of Hotel Vendome) | 1676 | 371 |
| 09Aug1883 | John W. Wolcott (purchaser of land at 157-159-161-163 Newbury) | Charles Whitney (owner of Hotel Vendome) | 1619 | 68 |
| Building restrictions and easements contained in land transfer deed to (1) limit the depth of any building erected at 172 Commonwealth to no more than 88 feet, except for a rear bay window or octagon front of the same dimension permitted under the stipulations continued in the deed from the Commonwealth, and extending no more than 5 feet from the rear face; (2) limit the height of any building at 172 Commonwealth to no more than the 3 feet above the height of the building at 176 Commonwealth (with exceptions for fire walls and chimneys); and (3) establish an easement for light and air over the 13.5 foot strip between the western wall of the Hotel Vendome and 172 Commonwealth. The owner of the Hotel Vendome reserves the right to build on the 13.5 foot strip and, if he does, both the easement and the building restrictions terminate. The owner of the Hotel Vendome also reserves the right to maintain the Hotel Vendome “as now built.” | ||||
| Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 06May1885 | Charles Whitney (seller of lot at 172 Commonwealth) | Annie Maria Bartlett, wife of Charles S. Bartlett (buyer of lot at 172 Commonwealth) | 1676 | 500 |
| Amendment to building restrictions contained in land transfer allowing the rear bay of 172 Commonwealth to be wider than provided for under the stipulations contained in the land transfer feed (Book 1676. p. 500) but limiting the height of the rear bay to two stories including the basement. The owner of the Hotel Vendome also reserves to himself” the right to maintain the Hotel Vendome “as now built.” | ||||
| Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 01Jul1885 | Charles Whitney (seller of lot at 172 Commonwealth) | Annie Maria Bartlett, wife of Charles S. Bartlett (buyer of lot at 172 Commonwealth) | 1685 | 214 |
| Building restrictions and easements contained in land transfer deed to (1) limit the depth of any building erected at 174 Commonwealth to no more than 88 feet, except for a rear bay window or octagon front of the same dimension permitted under the stipulations continued in the deed from the Commonwealth, and extending no more than 5 feet from the rear face; (2) limit the height of any building at 172 Commonwealth to no more than the 3 feet above the height of the building at 176 Commonwealth (with exceptions for fire walls and chimneys) | ||||
| Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 29Jan1886 | Charles Whitney (seller of lot at 174 Commonwealth) | William G. Preston (buyer of lot at 174 Commonwealth) | 1710 | 196 |
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