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 | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
22Jan1981 | William J. Sen | 228 Commonwealth Avenue Condominium | 9658 | 3 | |||
02Jan1973 | Joseph S. Sahakian | William J. Sen | 8595 | 401 | |||
01Dec1969 | Jack E. Molesworth | Joseph S. Sahakian | 8329 | 232 | |||
02Mar1959 | William Weiner, trustee, Myrtle Realty Trust | Jack E. Molesworth | 7378 | 433 | |||
26Jan1951 | Arthur L. Ezrin | William Weiner, trustee, Myrtle Realty Trust | 6676 | 50 | |||
01May1950 | Fred J. Walker, trustee, Chaplin Realty Trust | Arthur L. Ezrin | 6602 | 192 | |||
27Feb1947 | Theran Realty, Inc. | Fred J. Walker, trustee, Chaplin Realty Trust | 6310 | 22 | |||
26Mar1946 | Florence Theran | Theran Realty, Inc. | 6212 | 104 | |||
28Nov1945 | Esther Wasserman | Florence Theran | 6195 | 52 | |||
24Aug1944 | Joseph Goldman | Esther Wasserman | 6113 | 13 | |||
10Dec1943 | Sylvia Marcus | Joseph Goldman | 6072 | 84 | |||
26Nov1943 | James Mason Rothwell | Sylvia Marcus | 6069 | 475 | |||
24Oct1917 (recorded 28Feb1924) | Payson Dana | James Mason Rothwell | 4552 | 180 | |||
05Sep1917 | Morgiana H. Parker; Mary P. Taggard, wife of Henry Taggard; Charles S. Parker; Herman Parker; and Ross Parker | Payson Dana | 4052 | 74 | |||
Transfers of Unimproved Land: Lot with 24 foot frontage composed of 1 foot strip to the east and 24 foot lot to the west, less 1 foot strip to the west combined with lot at 230 Commonwealth | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
31Mar1881 | Henry D. Yerxa (lot with 1 foot frontage) | Charles W. Parker | 1520 | 447 | |||
10Mar1880 | George Wheatland, Jr. (lot with 24 foot frontage) | Charles W. Parker | 1486 | 11 | |||
10Mar1880 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (lot with 24 foot frontage) | George Wheatland, Jr. | 1486 | 9 | |||
01Nov1879 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (lot with 26 foot frontage) | Henry D. Yerxa | 1475 | 18 | |||
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 Stipulations in land transfer deeds governing wall between 226 Commonwealth and 228 Commonwealth | |||||||
Date | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
31Mar1881 | Henry D. Yerxa (seller of 1 foot strip of land between lot at 226 Commonwealth and 228 Commonwealth) | Charles W. Parker (purchaser of 1 foot strip of land between lot at 226 Commonwealth and 228 Commonwealth) | 1520 | 447 | |||
10Mar1880 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of land at 228 Commonwealth) | George Wheatland, Jr. (purchaser of land at 228 Commonwealth) | 1486 | 9 | |||
01Nov1879 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of lot at 226 Commonwealth) | Henry D. Yerxa (purchaser of lot at 226 Commonwealth) | 1475 | 18 | |||
Party Wall Stipulations in land transfer deeds governing wall between 228 Commonwealth and 230 Commonwealth | |||||||
Date | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
16Apr1880 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of land at 230 Commonwealth) | George Wheatland, Jr. (purchaser of land at 230 Commonwealth) | 1489 | 449 | |||
10Mar1880 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of land at 228 Commonwealth) | George Wheatland, Jr. (purchaser of land at 228 Commonwealth) | 1486 | 9 | |||
Building Restriction Agreement | |||||||
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 | ||||