The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall stipulations and building restrictions 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 | |||
06Nov1989 | Stratford Foundation (formerly Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College) (264-266-270 Commonwealth) | Berklee College of Music, Inc. | 15931 | 167 | |||
31May1962 | Professional Building Co., Inc. | Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College | 7656 | 392 | |||
16Apr1923 | Russell S., Leavitt C. Parsons, and Allan Forbes, trustees, Commonwealth Home and Office Trust | Professional Building Company, Inc. | 4460 | 151 | |||
14Nov1922 | Professional Building Co., Inc. | Russell S. Codman, Leavitt C. Parsons, and Allan Forbes, trustees, Commonwealth Home and Office Trust | 4415 | 549 | |||
12Aug1921 | Charles E. Abbott | Professional Building Co., Inc. | 4311 | 540 | |||
10Aug1921 | Fannie L. Randall | Charles E. Abbott | 4311 | 484 | |||
26Aug1920 | Ella F. Guild; Ellen A. Goodnow; and Marietta R. Ayer, wife of Fred W. Ayer (three-fourths undivided interest) | Fannie L. Randall | 4248 | 48 | |||
26Aug1920 | Charles F. Guild, trustee under the will of Henry M. Johnson (one-fourth undivided interest) | Fannie L. Randall | 4248 | 46 | |||
09Mar1918 | Hazel B. Rich, individually and as trustee for the benefit of Fred W. Ayer (one-fourth undivided interest) | Marietta R. Ayer, wife of Fred W. Ayer | 4079 | 71 | |||
09Mar1918 | Fred W. Ayer, individually and as executor under the will of Henry M. Johnson (one-fourth undivided interest) | Hazel B. Rich | 4079 | 69 | |||
09Mar1918 | Fred W. Ayer, individually and as executor under the will of Henry M. Johnson (one-fourth undivided interest) | Ellen A. Goodnow | 4079 | 66 | |||
09Mar1918 | Fred W. Ayer, individually and as executor under the will of Henry M. Johnson (one-fourth undivided interest) | Ella Frances Guild | 4079 | 64 | |||
09Mar1918 | Fred W. Ayer, individually and as executor under the will of Henry M. Johnson (one-fourth undivided interest) | John H. Stone, trustee under the will of Henry M. Johnson | 4079 | 62 | |||
20Jun1901 | Henry S. Mackay (foreclosure of mortgage to Ellen A. Johnson, assigned to Ellen L. Hemenway, re-assigned to Fred W. Ayer) | Fred W. Ayer, executor under the will of Henry M. Johnson and administrator of the estate of Ellen M. Johnson | 2767 | 38 | |||
31Jan1899 | Henry S. Mackey (foreclosure of mortgage to Ellen A. Johnson, assigned to Ellen L. Hemenway) | Ellen L. Hemenway | 2854 | 285 | |||
22Dec1898 | Henry S. Mackay (foreclosure of mortgage to Ellen A. Johnson) | Henry M. Johnson, executor under the will of Ellen A. Johnson | 2575 | 288 | |||
Transfers of Unimproved Land | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
13Nov1895 | Henry M. Johnson and Ellen A. Johnson, his wife, in her own right (three lots, each with a frontage of 25 feet) | Henry S. Mackey | 2350 | 373 | |||
12Apr1886 | William H. Colburn and Mary F. Colburn, his wife, in her own right (eastern lot with 25 foot frontage) | Ellen A. Johnson, wife of Henry M. Johnson | 1718 | 554 | |||
23Jan1886 | Joseph L. Stone and Elmira A. Stone, his wife, in her own right (center lot with 25 foot frontage) | Ellen A. Johnson, wife of Henry M. Johnson | 1709 | 357 | |||
23Jan1886 | Spencer W. Richardson and Mary T. Richardson, his wife, in her own right (western lot with 25 foot frontage) | Ellen A. Johnson, wife of Henry M. Johnson | 1709 | 355 | |||
12May1881 | George D. Sargent and Adelaide J. Sargent, his wife, in her own right (eastern lot with 25 foot frontage) | Mary F. Colburn, wife of William H. Colburn | 1524 | 189 | |||
21Dec1880 | Grenville T. W. Braman and Susie A. Braman, his wife, in her own right (eastern lot with 25 foot frontage) | Adelaide J. Sargent, wife of George D. Sargent | 1511 | 395 | |||
20Oct1879 | Grenville T. W. Braman and Susie A. Braman, his wife, in her own right (center lot with 25 foot frontage) | Elmira A. Stone, wife of Joseph L. Stone | 1473 | 317 | |||
20Oct1879 | Grenville T. W. Braman and Susie A. Braman, his wife, in her own right (western lot with 25 foot frontage) | Mary T. Richardson, wife of Spencer W. Richardson | 1473 | 309 | |||
19Nov1875 | Harvey N. Shepard (lot with 250 foot frontage) | Susie A. Braman, wife of Grenville T. W. Braman | 1303 | 157 | |||
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 | |||
02Jan1871 | Nathan Matthews | David N. Skillings, trustee | 1029 | 238 | |||
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 deed and agreements | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
12Apr1886 | William H. Colburn and Mary F. Colburn, his wife, in her own right (eastern lot with 25 foot frontage) | Ellen A. Johnson, wife of Henry M. Johnson | 1718 | 554 | |||
23Jan1886 | Joseph L. Stone and Elmira A. Stone, his wife, in her own right (center lot with 25 foot frontage) | Ellen A. Johnson, wife of Henry M. Johnson | 1709 | 357 | |||
23Jan1886 | Spencer W. Richardson and Mary T. Richardson, his wife, in her own right (western lot with 25 foot frontage) | Ellen A. Johnson, wife of Henry M. Johnson | 1709 | 355 | |||
16Dec1880 | Grenville T. W. Braman and Susie A. Braman, his wife, in her own right (seller of lot at 266 Commonwealth and owner of eastern lot at 270 Commonwealth) | Henry Stackpole (buyer of lot at 266 Commonwealth) | 1511 | 249 | |||
20Oct1879 | Grenville T. W. Braman and Susie A. Braman, his wife, in her own right (seller of lot at 274 Commonwealth and owner of western lot at 270 Commonwealth and 276 Commonwealth) | Adelaide J. Sargent, wife of George D. Sargent (purchaser of lot at 274 Commonwealth) | 1475 | 137 | |||
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 | ||||