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 | |||
16Jun1981 | Charles M. Talanian, trustee, Midtown Conversions Trust | 320 Commonwealth Avenue Condominium | 9783 | 158 | |||
20Feb1980 | Charles Talanian and Charles M. Talanian, general partners, Chatal Associates LP | Charles M. Talanian, trustee, Midtown Conversions Trust | 9387 | 299 | |||
31Dec1979 | Charles Talanian and Nevart Talanian, husband and wife | Chatal Associates LP | 9361 | 273 | |||
02Aug1961 | Barbara T. Curtin and Eastman Tuttle, co-guardians of Alice J. Sawyer | Charles Talanian and Nevart Talanian, husband and wife | 7582 | 544 | |||
24Apr1940 | Adalyn H. Sanborn, wife of George P. Sanborn | Alice J. Sawyer | 5851 | 242 | |||
29May1915 | Williams B. Brooks, surviving administrator of the estate of Joseph Francis Howland | Adalyn H. Sanborn, wife of George P. Sanborn | 3889 | 341 | |||
05Jul1905 | Emma L. Harlow | Helen T. Howland, wife of J. Frank Howard, during her life, and upon her decease, to J. Frank Howland | 3057 | 185 | |||
05Jul1905 | Helen T. Howland, wife of J. Frank Howland | Emma L. Harlow | 3057 | 183 | |||
26Dec1904 | Edward A. Taft and Adelaide L. Taft, his wife, in her own right | Helen T. Howland, wife of J. Frank Howland | 3012 | 47 | |||
07Jul1883 | John W. Shapleigh (lot with 24 foot frontage and dwelling house) | Adelaide L. Taft, wife of Edward A. Taft | 1604 | 115 | |||
Transfers of Unimproved Land | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
21Mar1881 | Frank N. Thayer and William H. Lincoln (lot with 48 foot frontage) | John W. Shapleigh | 1518 | 433 | |||
23Oct1879 | John Worster (lot with 13.41 foot frontage) | Frank N. Thayer and William H. Lincoln | 1473 | 271 | |||
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 | |||
22Oct1877 | Albert J. Fernald | John Worster | 1396 | 196 | |||
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 | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page | |||
06Feb1883 | John W. Shapleigh (owner of 320 Commonwealth, receipt for payment for one-half of party wall) | George Wheatland (owner of 322 Commonwealth) | 1588 | 416 | |||
22Aug1881 | John W. Shapleigh (owner of lot at 320 Commonwealth) | George Wheatland (owner of lot at 322 Commonwealth) | 1587 | 47 | |||
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 | |||
Building restriction included in land transfer deed stipulating that, for a period of ten years, no stable will be built on Newbury Street east of a line 610.66 feet west of Gloucester Street without the consent of grantee | |||||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |||
23Oct1879 | John Worster (sell of lot with 13.41 foot frontage on Commonwealth and owner of corresponding land on Newbury) | Frank N. Thayer and William H. Lincoln (purchaser of lot with 13.41 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | 1473 | 271 | |||
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 | ||||