Index to Deeds: 222 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 through December 31, 2010.  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
16Nov2005 Robert E. Crozier and Mary E. Crozier, husband and wife Mary E. Crozier and Robert E. Crozier, trustees, 222 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust 54141 248
31Mar1995 Robert E. Crozier and Mary E. Crozier Robert E. and Mary E. Crozier, husband and wife, as tenants in common 19983 41
26Apr1961 New England Merchants National Bank of Boston (formerly The New England Trust Company), surviving trustee under the will of Mary Guild Robert E. Crozier and Mary E. Crozier, husband and wife 7553 549
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
10May1879 National Bank of Commerce of Boston (lot with 25 foot frontage) Benjamin F. Guild 1456 133
28Jun1878 William O. Grover (foreclosure of mortgage by Nathan Matthews to Thomas Upham, assigned to William Grover) (lot with 338 foot frontage, running west from the land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) National Bank of Commerce of Boston 1427 49
18May1876 Nathan Matthews (lot with 358.75 foot frontage, running west from the land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) National Bank of Commerce of Boston 1329 62
19Nov1875 Harvey N. Shepard Nathan Matthews 1303 207
19Nov1875 Nathan Matthews, Henry D. Hyde, and Grenville T. W. Braman, trustees Harvey N. Shepard 1303 157
16Oct1873 Harvey N. Shepard Nathan Matthews, Henry D. Hyde, and Grenville T. W. Braman, trustees 1182 271
16Oct1873 Nathan Matthews Harvey N. Shepard 1182 270
30May1873 David N. Skillings, trustee of an indenture between David N. Skillings, Charles Whitney, David Whitney, Jr., and Lawrence Barnes Nathan Matthews 1163 259
08Feb1871 Nathan Matthews David N. Skillings, trustee 1034 85
08Feb1871 Franklin Haven Nathan Matthews 1034 56
02Jan1871 Nathan Matthews Franklin Haven 1029 239
02Jan1871 David Sears, Jr., Frederick R. Sears, and Knyvet Sears Nathan Matthews 1029 233
Party Wall Agreements
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
22May1879 Robert C. Mackay (owner of lot at 220 Commonwealth) Benjamin F. Guild (owner of lot at 222 Commonwealth) 1457 180
Party Wall Stipulations in land transfer deeds governing wall between 222 Commonwealth and 224 Commonwealth
Date Grantor Grantee Book Page
10May1879 National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of lot at 222 Commonwealth) Benjamin F. Guild (purchaser of lot at 222 Commonwealth) 1456 133
Building Restriction Agreements
Date Parties to the Agreement Book Page
12Jun1876 Owners of property on Commonwealth and Newbury between the land of the Commonwealth on the east, and Gloucester Street on the west: Susie A. Braman, Charles H. Mann, George B. Hyde, Asa P. Potter, N. Matthews, National Bank of Commerce, George H. Braman, Boylston National Bank of Boston, D. J. Potter 1330 300