Index to Deeds: 257 Marlborough

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall 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
29Aug1985 Richard L. Jacobs, Ardeshir Neskoob, and Mikhail Gissin, trustees, 257 Marlborough Street Realty Trust 257 Marlborough Street Condominium 11879 77
01Jul1985 Pierre L. de Bourgknecht Barry P. Winer and Mikhail Gissin, trustees, 257 Marlborough Street Trust 11700 306
03Jul1969 Richard S. Gallagher and Agnes B. Gallagher, husband and wife Pierre L. de Bourgknecht 8295 23
28Oct1968 Luykx Incorporated Richard S. Gallagher and Agnes B. Gallagher, husband and wife 8238 711
15Mar1957 John Hollingdale Luykx Incorporated 7222 22
14Feb1957 Second Bank-State Street Trust Company and Phillips Ketchum, executors of the will of Mabel Davis Post John Hollingdale 7217 52
05Jul1939 Ralph G. Coburn, Jr. Mabel D. Post 5787 297
05Jul1939 John R. Post and Mabel D. Post, husband and wife Ralph G. Coburn, Jr. 5787 295
30Jun1920 Sarah W. Battelle, Seavey Battelle, Thomas P. Battelle (otherwise T. Parkman Battelle), and Helen E. B. Soutter, wife of James T. Soutter John R. Post and Mabel D. Post, husband and wife 4242 405
01Jun1886 William L. Richardson Susan P. Battelle, wife of Eugene Battelle 1725 159
04Nov1885 William Simes William L. Richardson 1700 180
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
29Oct1885 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 24 foot frontage) William Simes 1700 178
Party Wall Agreements
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
11Jun1884 William Simes (owner of 257 Marlborough) Martha Anna White (owner of right to purchase lot at 259 Marlborough) 1642 31
01Mar1883 (recorded 5Nov1885) William Simes (owner of lot at 257 Marlborough) Robert S. Bradley (owner of lot at 255 Marlborough) 1700 177
Party wall stipulations included in land transfer deeds
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
16Apr1884 (recorded 22Apr1884) William Simes (owner of 257 Marlborough; sale of 6 inch strip of land with western half of party wall thereon, subject to party wall stipulations with respect thereto) Martha Anna White, wife of James C. White (owner of right to purchase lot at 259 Marlborough; buyer of 6 inch stip of land between 257 Marlborough and 259 Marlborough) 1634 376
22Mar1883 (recorded 22Apr1884) Commonwealth of Massachusetts (6 inch strip of land, with proviso that the strip be re-sold to whomever purchases the lot to the west together with the western half of the party wall with 257  Marlborough thereon, subject to said buyer agreeing to party wall stipulations with respect thereto) William Simes (owner of house at 257 Marlborough) 1634 373