Index to Deeds: 314 Commonwealth

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
18Nov2003 Burrage House LLC Burrage Mansion Condominium 33293 307
13Jun2002 LB Burrage House, Inc. Burrage House LLC 28725 46
03Jan2000 Boston Back Bay Board & Care, LP LB Burrage House, Inc. 25069 253
02Oct1990 Boston Evening Medical Center, Inc. (formerly Boston Evening Clinic & Hospital) Boston Back Bay Board & Care, LP 16581 92
10Apr1972 Harry Freedman, trustee, L & H Realty Trust Boston Evening Clinic & Hospital 8524 353
16Dec1968 Boston Evening Clinic & Hospital Harry Freedman, trustee, L & H Realty Trust 8250 398
22Jul1959 Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company Boston Evening Clinic & Hospital 7412 574
10Aug1956 314 Commonwealth Avenue, Inc. (foreclosure of mortgage) Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company 7176 382
24May1948 Elizabeth A. Chalifoux, individually and as executrix of the will of Alice H. Burrage 314 Commonwealth Avenue, Inc. 6433 104
19May1948 Elizabeth A. Chalifoux, executrix of the will of Alice H. Burrage Elizabeth A. Chalifoux, individually 6433 103
Transfers of Unimproved Land at 314 Commonwealth and of Land and Dwelling House at 316 Commonwealth
17Jan1899 James G. Freeman (lot with 55.66 foot frontage and dwelling house at 316 Commonwealth) Alice H. Burrage, wife of Albert L. Burrage 2591 337
Transfers of Unimproved Land at 314 Commonwealth
17Jan1899 H. Hollis Hunnewell (lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 29.97 foot frontage on Commonwealth) James G. Freeman 2580 349
10Aug1889 James T. Eldredge H. Hollis Hunnewell 1893 325
05Jan1884 Franklin T. Rose James T. Eldredge 1623 248
09Nov1883 William H. Lincoln and Edward Lawrence, Jr., executors of the will of Frank N. Thayer; and Ella S. Thayer, widow, and Mary L. Thayer Franklin T. Rose 1618 412
Transfers of Land and Dwelling House at 316 Commonwealth
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
14Jan1899 Richard C. Flower and Mayde M. Flower, in her own right (lot with 25.69 foot frontage and dwelling house) James G. Freeman 2579 571
12Mar1895 Maurice C. Willis and Elizabeth F. Willis, his wife, in her own right Mayde M. Flower 2262 524
12Mar1895 Mayde M. Flower Elizabeth F. Willis, wife of Maurice C. Willis 2261 378
12Mar1895 Horace B. Taylor and Ella C. Taylor, his wife, in her own right Elizabeth F. Willis, wife of Maurice C. Willis 2261 377
09Jan1895 Richard C. Flower (foreclosure of mortgage given to Stark Tolman and assigned by him to Malcolm McLoud; mortgage assumed by subsequent owners) Ella C. Taylor 2249 210
10Nov1884 Benjamin O. Flower Mayde M. Flower 1658 236
10Nov1884 Richard C. Flower Benjamin O. Flower 1658 234
10Mar1883 William H. Lincoln and Edward Lawrence, Jr., executors of the will of Frank N. Thayer; and Ella S. Thayer. Widow, and Mary L. Thayer Richard C. Flower 1591 377
Transfers of Unimproved Land at 314-316 Commonwealth
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
21Mar1881 William H. Lincoln (one-half undivided interest in lot with 27.66 foot frontage) Frank N. Thayer 1518 436
01Nov1879 Sumner R. Mead (Lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 28 foot frontage on Commonwealth) Frank N. Thayer 1474 217
01Apr1879 Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (lot with 62 foot 3 inch frontage) Frank N. Thayer and William H. Lincoln, partners doing business as Thayer and Lincoln 1451 307
01Apr1879 Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (Lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 28 foot frontage on Commonwealth) Sumner R. Mead 1451 306
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 Agreements
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
21Mar1881 Frank N. Thayer (owner of lot at 316 Commonwealth) John W. Shapleigh (owner of lot at 318 Commonwealth) 1518 437
Building restriction included in land transfer deeds stipulating that, for a period of twenty years, no building may be constructed on the lot at 314 Commonwealth other than a dwelling house of not more than four and one half stories in height (and not more than 65 feet in total height), nor of greater depth than 85 feet from the Commonwealth Avenue line of said house (including any bay or projections at its southerly end) but permitting extensions of any such building further south, to the rear passageway line, to the height of one story above the basement level.
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
17Jan1899 H. Hollis Hunnewell (seller of lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 29.97 foot frontage on Commonwealth) James G. Freeman (purchaser of lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 29.97 foot frontage on Commonwealth) 2580 349
Building restriction included in land transfer deed stipulating that the land on Newbury Street between Herford and a line 90 feet 3 inches west of Hereford shall be occupied only by dwelling houses, and that any dwelling house built on the land between Hereford Street and a line 60 feet west of Hereford shall face Hereford Street
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
01Apr1879 Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of lot with 62 foot 3 inch frontage; and owners of lot at corner of northwest corner of Newbury and Hereford with 90 foot 3 inch frontage on Newbury) Frank N. Thayer and William H. Lincoln, partners doing business as Thayer and Lincoln (purchasers of lot with 62 foot 3 inch frontage 1451 307
01Apr1879 Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 28 foot frontage on Commonwealth; and owners of lot at corner of northwest corner of Newbury and Hereford with 90 foot 3 inch frontage on Newbury) Sumner R. Mead (purchaser of lot at  southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 28 foot frontage on Commonwealth) 1451 306
Building restriction agreement by the owners of the property on the south side of Commonwealth between Hereford and West Chester Park, establishing setback requirements for Commonwealth, and reserving land for a sixteen foot wide passageway running parallel with Commonwealth between Commonwealth and Newbury
Date Parties Book Page
07Dec1878 D. N. Skillings; C. H. Warner and C. F. Smith, trustees, and John Worster 1443 145