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 condominium units. 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 | ||||
| 03Feb1984 | Back Bay Restorations Company LP (274-276-278-280-282 Commonwealth) | 280 Commonwealth Condominium | 10812 | 181 | ||||
| 15Dec1976 | Bernard P. Rome, trustee in bankruptcy under Article II of the Plan of Arrangement of Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College in Chapter XI Proceedings (278-280-282 Commonwealth) | Back Bay Restorations Company LP | 8927 | 90 | ||||
| 11Jun1975 | Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College (282 Commonwealth) | Bernard P. Rome, trustee in bankruptcy under Article II of the Plan of Arrangement of Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College in Chapter XI Proceedings | 8897 | 86 | ||||
| 11Jun1975 | Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College (280 Commonwealth) | Bernard P. Rome, trustee in bankruptcy under Article II of the Plan of Arrangement of Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College in Chapter XI Proceedings | 8897 | 85 | ||||
| 11Jun1975 | Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College (278 Commonwealth) | Bernard P. Rome, trustee in bankruptcy under Article II of the Plan of Arrangement of Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College in Chapter XI Proceedings | 8897 | 84 | ||||
| 13Jun1966 | First Community Investment Co., inc. (278-280-282 Commonwealth) | Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College | 8046 | 509 | ||||
| 27Oct1965 | Silvestro Grilli and Timothy J. Donovan, administrators of the estate of Margherita Grilli (282 Commonwealth) | First Community Investment Co., inc. | 7992 | 279 | ||||
| 16Dec1937 | Nora Lillian Kennedy | Margherita E. Grilli | 5705 | 476 | ||||
| 03Apr1937 | Mary F. Donlon, sometimes known as Mary C. Donlan | Nora Lillian Kennedy | 5655 | 558 | ||||
| 18Jan1937 | Joseph P. Brennan (confirmatory deed) | Mary F. Donlon | 5645 | 451 | ||||
| 14Dec1934 | Joseph P. Brennan | Mary F. Donlon | 5500 | 312 | ||||
| 27Nov1934 | Frank I. Proctor, otherwise known as Francis I. Proctor | Joseph P. Brennan | 5500 | 310 | ||||
| 27Nov1934 | Charles A. Proctor, Henry Harrison Proctor, 2nd, Barbara Proctor Thompson, and Frances Ingersoll Proctor | Joseph P. Brennan | 5500 | 309 | ||||
| 26Feb1917 | Ellen A. Proctor, wife of Henry H. Proctor | Henry H. Proctor | 4015 | 344 | ||||
| 01Jun1900 | Ellen F. Moseley | Ellen A. Proctor, wife of Henry H. Proctor | 2687 | 173 | ||||
| 04May1898 | Alexander Moseley | Ellen F. Moseley | 2524 | 606 | ||||
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | ||||
| 02Oct1883 | M. Woolsey Borland (lot with 30 foot frontage) | Alexander Moseley | 1615 | 248 | ||||
| 21Mar1881 | Joseph A. Iasigi (lot with 30 foot frontage) | M. Woolsey Borland | 1518 | 444 | ||||
| 18Nov1880 | Charles G. Patterson (lot with 30 foot frontage) | Joseph A. Iasigi | 1509 | 161 | ||||
| 28Apr1879 | Nathan Samuel (lot with 30 foot frontage) | Charles G. Patterson | 1472 | 53 | ||||
| 02Feb1878 | Grenville T. W. Braman and Susie A. Braman, his wife, in her own right (lot with 30 foot frontage) | Nathan Samuel | 1408 | 54 | ||||
| 19Nov1875 | Harvey N. Shepard (lot with 250 foot frontage) | Susie W. 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 | Grantor | grantee | Book | Page | ||||
| 02Feb1878 | Grenville T. W. Braman and Susie A. Braman, his wife, in her own right (seller of lot at 282 Commonwealth and owner of lot at 280 Commonwealth) | Nathan Samuel (purchaser of lot at 282 Commonwealth) | 1408 | 54 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
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