Index to Deeds: 236 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 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
08Oct1974 Keevin Geller and Paul S. Cohen 236 Commonwealth Avenue Condominium 8747 273
03Jul1974 Raymond A. Carye Keevin Geller and Paul S. Cohen 8721 520
14Feb1974 Newman Preparatory School Raymond A. Carye 8690 316
23Oct1963 Kathryn Goddard Kelts Newman Preparatory School 7790 133
26Jun1963 George A. Pease and Helen T. Pease, husband and wife Kathryn Goddard Kelts 7756 35
05Jun1958 George A. Pease George A. Pease and Helen T. Pease, husband and wife 7316 194
16Jun1937 Daniel C. Linscott, executor under the will of Lydia Lincoln Bateman George A. Pease 5674 69
31May1928 Daniel C. Linscott William R. Bateman and Lydia Lincoln Bateman, husband and wife 5017 629
31May1928 Lydia Lincoln Bateman Daniel C. Linscott 5017 629
20Jan1928 Minnie A. Uhl, wife of William Frank Uhl Lydia Lincoln Bateman 4971 240
02Jul1925 Mabel Doyle (formerly Mabel Adams) Minnie A. Uhl 4704 121
28Nov1914 Catherine Lyman Naramore, wife of Frank J. Naramore (formerly Catherine B. Dizer) Mabel C. Adams, wife of William G. Adams 3849 133
18Jun1889 Horace W. Wadleigh and Mary W. Wadleigh, his wife, in her own right Catherine B. Dizer, wife of Silas C. Dizer 1884 180
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
18Oct1879 National Bank of Commerce of Boston (lot with 22.5 foot frontage) Mary W. Wadleigh, wife of Horace W. Wadleigh 1473 4
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 Agreements and Stipulations in land transfer deeds governing wall between 234 Commonwealth and 236 Commonwealth
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
21Jun1889 Mary W. Wadleigh, wife of Horace W. Wadleigh (owner of 234 Commonwealth) Catherine B. Dizer (owner of 236 Commonwealth) 1885 609
14Apr1880 National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of lot at 234 Commonwealth) Emma Frances Perkins, wife of Aaron W. Perkins (purchaser of lot at 234 Commonwealth) 1489 161
18Oct1879 National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of lot at 236 Commonwealth) Mary W. Wadleigh, wife of Horace W. Wadleigh (purchaser of lot at 236 Commonwealth) 1473 4
Party Wall Stipulations in land transfer deeds governing wall between 236 Commonwealth and 238 Commonwealth
Date Grantor Grantee Book Page
24Apr1880 National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of lot at 238 Commonwealth) Sarah D. Wilson, wife of C. B. Wilson (purchaser of lot at 238 Commonwealth) 1490 38
18Oct1879 National Bank of Commerce of Boston (seller of lot at 236 Commonwealth) Mary W. Wadleigh, wife of Horace W. Wadleigh (purchaser of lot at 236 Commonwealth) 1473 4
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