The following is an index to property transfer deeds recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase through May 31, 2022. 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 Condominium Units | ||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
05May2022 | Edward Kettenbach, successor trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust (Removal of condominium) | Edward Kettenbach, successor trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust | 67642 | 283 |
05May2022 | 303 Commonwealth Ave LLC (Unit 3) | Edward Kettenbach, successor trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust | 67642 | 280 |
05May2022 | CMTF Limited Partnership (Units 1 and 5) | Edward Kettenbach, successor trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust | 67642 | 274 |
13Jul2017 | Jerome Wodinsky and Bernadette L. Wodinsky, husband and wife (Unit 3) | 303 Commonwealth Ave LLC | 58268 | 35 |
04Aug2009 | Elizabeth L. Kipp (Unit 4) | Gary C. Crossen, trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust | 45352 | 186 |
21Feb2008 | Victor Markowicz, trustee, Alexander Lempicki Revocable Trust (Unit 2) | Gary C. Crossen, trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust | 43157 | 20 |
18Jun2007 | Sandra R. Lipson (Unit 5) | CMTF Limited Partnership | 41145 | 26 |
11Dec1997 | Eera Corts (Unit 5) | Sandra R. Lipson | 22038 | 337 |
17Nov1997 | Lisa B. Darman, trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Nominee Trust (Unit 1) | CMTF Limited Partnership | 21907 | 248 |
10Dec1996 | Lisa Bassett-Bieling (formerly known as Lisa Bassett) (Unit 5) | Eera Corts | 21071 | 151 |
28Jun1996 | Harold Righter and Patricia Righter Unit 1) | Lisa B. Darman, trustee, 303 Commonwealth Avenue Nominee Trust | 20691 | 12 |
27Apr1995 | William J. Grubbs and Richard H. Bergstrom (Unit 5) | Lisa Bassett | 19719 | 124 |
01Aug1994 | Donald F. Lyons (Unit 5) | William J. Grubbs and Richard H. Bergstrom | 19232 | 244 |
17Sep1993 | Alexander Lempicki, trustee, Lempicki Family Trust I *Unit 2) | Alexander Lempicki | 18511 | 83 |
18Feb1992 | Alexander Lempicki and Antonina Lempiki, tenants in common (Unit 2) | Victor Markowicz and Alexander Lempicki, trustees, Lempicki Family Trust I | 17489 | 230 |
18Feb1992 | Alexander Lempicki and Antonina Lempicki, tenants by the entirety (Unit 2) | Alexander Lempicki and Antonina Lempiki, tenants in common | 17489 | 228 |
15Aug1983 | Arnold J. Olenick and Bernice Olenick (Unit 2) | Alexander Lempicki and Antonina Lempicki, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | 10484 | 317 |
15Aug1979 | Sally Lumm Trussell (formerly known as Sally M. Lumm) (Unit 4) | Elizabeth L. Kipp | 9231 | 229 |
18Sep1978 | Myrna Esser (Unit 1) | Harold Righter and Patricia Righter | 9097 | 624 |
04Aug1978 | Myrna Esser (Unit 4) | Sally M. Lumm | 9083 | 381 |
01Feb1978 | Myrna Esser (Unit 5) | Donald F. Lyons | 9035 | 123 |
26Oct1977 | Myrna Esser (Unit 3) | Jerome Wodinsky and Bernadette L. Wodinsky, husband and wife | 9006 | 245 |
26Oct1977 | Myrna Esser (Unit 2) | Arnold J. Olenick and Bernice Olenick | 9000 | 63 |
Transfers of Land and Buildings | ||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
05Oct1977 | Myrna Esser | 303 Commonwealth Condominium | 8999 | 53 |
18Jun1968 | Portia Law School | Myrna Esser, wife of Kurt Esser | 8209 | 168 |
14Jun1967 | Alexander L. Cochrane, Robert Proctor, and State Street Bank and Trust Company, executors of and trustees under the will of Vivian W. Pickman; and Alexander L. Cochrane, individually | Portia Law School | 8133 | 501 |
10Apr1931 | Gertrude F. Thomas | Dudley L. Pickman, Jr. | 5252 | 333 |
15Apr1907 | Ellen F. T. Nickerson | Gertrude F. Thomas, wife of Isaac R. Thomas | 3210 | 337 |
Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
19Feb1898 | William P. Ellison (lot with 1 foot frontage) | Ellen F. T. Nickerson | 2508 | 213 |
19Feb1898 | George A. Nickerson (lot with 1 foot frontage) | William P. Ellison | 2508 | 212 |
22Apr1895 | Charles S. Rackemann (lot with 32 foot frontage) | Ellen F. T. Nickerson, wife of George A. Nickerson | 2270 | 519 |
22Apr1895 | George A. Nickerson (lot with 32 foot frontage) | Charles S. Rackemann | 2270 | 518 |
19Jan1895 | Gordon Dexter (lot with 78 foot frontage) | George A. Nickerson | 2251 | 471 |
20Dec1893 | Albert Geiger (lot with 78 foot frontage) | Gordon Dexter | 2170 | 527 |
18Dec1893 | Augustus F. Arnold (lot with 78 foot frontage) | Albert Geiger | 2170 | 435 |
16Dec1893 | William A. Russell (lot with 78 foot frontage) | Augustus F. Arnold | 2170 | 194 |
05May1885 | Hales W. Suter (lot with 78 foot frontage) | William A. Russell | 2169 | 27 |
05May1885 | William G. Weld (lot with 78 foot frontage) | Hales W. Suter | 1677 | 313 |
21Jul1883 | George Wheatland, Jr. (lot with 6 foot frontage) | William G. Weld | 1606 | 452 |
02Apr1883 | George Wheatland, Jr. (lot with 78 foot frontage) | William G. Weld | 1592 | 314 |
31Mar1883 | George Wheatland, Sr. (lot with 130 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | George Wheatland, Jr. | 1592 | 177 |
02Jan1883 | William D. Pickman; George Wheatland, Jr.; Sarah A. Fay, widow and residual devisee of William P. Fay; Samuel A. B. Abbot, administrator and trustee under the will of William P. Fay; George L. Silsbee, James J. Storrow, Dudley B. Fay, executors and trustees under the will of Richard S. Fay; Elizabeth R. Fay, widow of Richard S. Fay; and Richard D. Rogers (two-thirds interest in lot with 135 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | George Wheatland, Sr. | 1592 | 168 |
18Apr1876 (recorded 30Nov1877) | George Wheatland, Jr. (one-third interest in lot with 185 foot frontage on Commonwealth)) | George Wheatland, Sr. | 1400 | 307 |
25May1872 (recorded 10Jul1879) | George Wheatland, Jr. (two-thirds interest in lot with 185 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | William D. Pickman and William P. Fay | 1462 | 235 |
10May1872 | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees (lot with 185 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | George Wheatland, Jr. | 1108 | 209 |
01Mar1872 | Boston Water Power Company | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees | 1095 | 1 |
Party wall stipulations in land transfer deeds | ||||
Date | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
23Jul1883 | William G. Weld (seller of lot at 305 Commonwealth; owner of lot at 303 Commonwealth) | Harriet Thayer (purchaser of lot at 305 Commonwealth) | 1606 | 454 |
Building restrictions in land transfer deed for the benefit of 303 Commonwealth, specifying that (a) no buildings may be erected at 297 Commonwealth except private dwelling houses (with normal outbuildings) each arranged for use by one family only; and (b) for a distance of 10 feet to the east from 303 Commonwealth no projection from the front wall of any building erected at 297 Commonwealth, other than doorsteps and cornices at the roof of the building, may be placed within 20 feet of Commonwealth Avenue. | ||||
Date | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
16May1899 | George A. Nickerson (seller of lot at 297 Commonwealth; owner of 303 Commonwealth) | Jessie Preston Draper, wife of George A. Draper (purchaser of lot at 297 Commonwealth) | 2606 | 222 |