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 | |||
15Aug1997 | Back Bay Realty Group, LLC (restatement of condominium master deed) | 230 Commonwealth Condominium | 21667 | 10 | |||
19Dec1996 | Commonwealth 230 Limited Partnership (all condominium units) | Back Bay Realty Group, LLC | 21106 | 70 | |||
30Jul1988 | Michael Carucci and Christopher Patsos, trustees, 230 Commonwealth Avenue Trust (all condominium units) | Commonwealth 230 Limited Partnership | 14931 | 71 | |||
22Mar1988 | 230 Commonwealth Corp. (all condominium units) | Michael Carucci and Christopher Patsos, trustees, 230 Commonwealth Avenue Trust | 14568 | 141 | |||
22Mar1988 | 230 Commonwealth Corp. (Confirmatory deed) | 230 Commonwealth Condominium | 14564 | 100 | |||
16Oct1986 | 230 Commonwealth Corp. | 230 Commonwealth Condominium | 13039 | 92 | |||
02May1985 | C. Frederick Bent, III, Pamela M. Bent, and Robert J. Bent, trustees, Second Monclair Trust | 230 Commonwealth Corporation | 11572 | 247 | |||
30Mar1979 | Eva H. Allen, trustee | C. Frederick Bent, III, Pamela M. Bent, and Robert J. Bent, trustees, Second Monclair Trust | 9164 | 634 | |||
03Nov1978 | Ellwood B. Allen and Eva H. Allen, husband and wife | Eva H. Allen, trustee | 9121 | 554 | |||
27Apr1961 | Daniel Prelack, trustee, E & E Trust | Ellwood B. Allen and Eva H. Allen | 7552 | 528 | |||
18Oct1957 | Eva H. Allen | Daniel Prelack, trustee, E & E Trust | 7271 | 233 | |||
11Oct1957 | Daniel Prelack, trustee, Two-Thirty Trust | Eva H. Allen | 7271 | 45 | |||
22Jul1949 | Eva H. Allen | Herbert A. Horgan, trustee, Two-Thirty Trust | 6534 | 267 | |||
18Dec1941 | Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company | Eva H. Allen | 5964 | 125 | |||
23Dec1932 | John T. J. Clunie (foreclosure of mortgage) | Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company | 5359 | 354 | |||
05Nov1926 | Charles Boyden | John T. J. Clunie | 4849 | 481 | |||
30Mar1907 | Susan E. Taggard | Cora C. Boyden | 3199 | 401 | |||
21Jun1883 | Charles W. Parker (lot with 20 foot frontage and dwelling house) | Susan E. Taggart, wife of Bartholomew W. Taggard | 1601 | 511 | |||
Transfers of Unimproved Land: 20 foot lot composed of 1 foot strip to the east and 19 foot lot to the west | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
16Apr1880 | George Wheatland, Jr. (lot with 19 foot frontage) | Charles W. Parker | 1489 | 454 | |||
16Apr1880 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (lot with 19 foot frontage) | George Wheatland, Jr. | 1489 | 449 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
10Feb1859 | David Sears | David Sears, Jr., Frederick Richard Sears, and Knyvet Winthrop Sears | 819 | 233 | |||
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 | |||
Party Wall Stipulations in land transfer deeds governing wall between 230 Commonwealth and 232 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 | |||
20Mar1880 | National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of lot at 232 Commonwealth) | George Wheatland, Jr. (purchaser of lot at 232 Commonwealth) | 1486 | 306 | |||
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 | ||||