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 through December 31, 2020. 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 | |||
30Jun1995 | Virginia Coleman (formerly Virgina C. Hall) | Thomas W. Blumenthal and Lisa Achki Blumenthal, husband and wife | 19857 | 118 | |||
14Aug1986 | Edward J. Hall (also known as E. Jackson Hall) | Virginia Coleman Hall | 12809 | 145 | |||
12Mar1985 | Edward J. Hall (also known as E. Jackson Hall) and Virginia C. Hall, husband and wife, as joint tenants | Edward J. Hall (also known as E. Jackson Hall) and Virginia Hall, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety | 11454 | 319 | |||
27Apr1973 | Benjamin H. Brightman and Doris C. Brightman, husband and wife | Edward J. Hall and Virginia C. Hall, husband and wife, as joint tenants | 8623 | 95 | |||
31Aug1959 | Alice M. Keating | Benjamin H. Brightman and Doris C. Brightman, husband and wife | 7422 | 532 | |||
23Apr1956 | Bessie Sisson | Alice M. Keating | 7146 | 5 | |||
02Mar1956 | George J. Colantino and Edith E. Colantino, husband and wife | Bessie Sisson | 7135 | 194 | |||
10Oct1949 | Robert M. Linnell and Roger F. Linnell, executors of the will of Mary F. Linnell | George J. Colantino and Edith E. Colantino, husband and wife | 6552 | 502 | |||
12Jun1923 | Grace Evelyn Whitten | Mary F. Linnell | 4477 | 3 | |||
01Nov1910 | Josephine P. Brown | Grace Evelyn Whitten | 3491 | 39 | |||
01Jan1886 | William A. French and Olivia C. French, his wife, in her own right | Josephine P. Brown, wife of J. Howard Brown | 1707 | 490 | |||
12Aug1884 | Uriah H. Coffin (lot with 25 foot frontage and dwelling house) | Olivia C. French, wife of William A. French | 1648 | 124 | |||
Transfers of Unimproved Land | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
15Sep1880 | William D. Pickman and Jacob C. Rogers (lot with 50 foot frontage) | Uriah H. Coffin | 1502 | 401 | |||
18Jun1880 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (two-sixths undivided interest in lot with 226 foot 7.5 inch frontage) | Jacob C. Rogers | 1495 | 553 | |||
01Aug1879 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (one-sixth undivided interest in lot with 226 foot 7.5 inch frontage) | Jacob C. Rogers | 1464 | 251 | |||
01Aug1879 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (three-sixths undivided interest in lot with 226 foot 7.5 inch frontage) | William D. Pickman | 1464 | 250 | |||
04Jan1877 | Edwin Tufts | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees | 1362 | 133 | |||
23Oct1876 | Albert J. Fernald | Edwin Tufts | 1360 | 188 | |||
21Oct1876 | David N. Skillings (foreclosure of mortgage from Nathan Matthews to David Sears, assigned to David Skillings) | Albert J. Fernald | 1350 | 250 | |||
02Jun1876 | Nathan Matthews | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith | 1329 | 63 | |||
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 | |||
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 Agreement | |||||||
Date of Deed | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page | |||
10Jul1880 | William D. Pickman and Jacob C. Rogers (owners of lot at 300 Commonwealth) | John W. Shapleigh and Samuel M. Shapleigh (owners of lot at 298 Commonwealth) | 1497 | 622 | |||
Party wall stipulations included in land transfer deed with respect to wall between 302 Commonwealth and 304 Commonwealth | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
15Sep1880 | William D. Pickman and Jacob C. Rogers (sellers of lot at 300-302 Commonwealth and owners of lot at 304 Commonwealth) | Uriah H. Coffin (purchaser of lot at 300-305 Commonwealth) | 1502 | 401 | |||
Building restriction agreement included in land transfer deeds specifying that no buildings other than dwelling houses and the usual buildings appurtenant thereto, including stables for private use, will be built on the land on Newbury Street across the alley from 294-310 Commonwealth | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
18Jun1880 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of two-sixths undivided interest lots at 294-310 Commonwealth) | Jacob C. Rogers (purchaser of two-sixths undivided interest lots at 294-310 Commonwealth) | 1495 | 553 | |||
01Aug1879 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of one-sixth undivided interest lots at 294-310 Commonwealth) | Jacob C. Rogers (purchaser of one-sixth undivided interest lots at 294-310 Commonwealth) | 1464 | 251 | |||
01Aug1879 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of three-sixths undivided interest lots at 294-310 Commonwealth) | William D. Pickman (purchaser of three-sixths undivided interest lots at 294-310 Commonwealth) | 1464 | 250 | |||
Building restriction agreement by the owners of the property between the south side of Commonwealth between Gloucester and Hereford, and the north side of Newbury between Gloucester and Hereford, establishing setback requirements for Commonwealth and Newbury, and reserving land for a sixteen foot wide passageway running parallel with Commonwealth and Newbury | |||||||
Date | Parties | Book | Page | ||||
04Mar1878 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees, Edwin Pope, and Boylston National Bank | 1420 | 282 | ||||