Index to Deeds: 338 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
19Dec1980 Susan McEachern, trustee, 338 Commonwealth Realty Trust 338 Commonwealth Avenue Condominiums 9625 132
22May1980 Naomi Rosen Joanna Polito, trustee, 338 Commonwealth Realty Trust 9445 267
20Feb1980 Frances G. Colby, conservator of the property of Elizabeth G. Edson Naomi Rosen 9385 34
10Oct1955 Mary K. Sheridan Elizabeth G. Edson 7097 415
02Oct1944 Hugh Hardy and Annie Hardy, his wife, in her own right Mary K. Sheridan 6119 252
02May1939 Lillian E. Hunt Annie Hardy 5792 319
30Dec1936 Mary F. Donlon Lillian E. Hunt, wife of Roy W. Hunt 5644 54
01Oct1936 Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Mary F. Donlon 5626 54
17Dec1935 Anna L. Dillworth Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company 5572 26
16Feb1929 Daniel C. Dillworth, Joseph D. Dillworth, John T. Dillworth, Charles H. Dillworth, and Eleanor J. Dillworth, being (with the grantee, Anna L. Dillworth) sole heirs at law of Mary E. Dillworth Anna L. Dillworth 5080 198
22Aug1923 Robert M. Dobbins Mary E. Dillworth 4499 25
11Feb1922 George I. Robinson, Jr. Robert M. Dobbins 4348 106
17Sep1921 Robert M. Dobbins George I. Robinson, Jr. 4318 128
12Jan1920 Philip Dexter and William Ropes Trask, trustees under the will of Benjamin L. Young Robert M. Dobbins 4193 212
21Aug1918 William F. Coakley Philip Dexter and William Ropes Trask, trustees under the will of Benjamin L. Young 4104 211
06Aug1918 Lillior T. Nutting (foreclosure of mortgage given by Lillior T. Nutting to J. Sumner Draper and assigned by him to the trustees under the will of Benjamin L. Young; mortgage assumed by subsequent owners, foreclosed by the trustees, and sold to William F. Coakley) William F. Coakley 4104 209
28Dec1917 J. Sumner Draper Eva M. Barry, wife of John M. Barry 4069 189
20May1912 (recorded 28Oct1914) Lillior T. Nutting J. Sumner Draper 3842 632
20May1912 Edward Friebe and the State Street Trust Company, executors of the will of Annie Preston Lincoln Lillior T. Nutting 3637 227
10Oct1883 George Wheatland, Jr. Annie Lincoln, wife of John B. Lincoln 1613 628
12Jul1883 Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (lot with 24 foot frontage and dwelling house) George Wheatland, Jr. 1604 485
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
10Dec1881 George Wheatland, Jr. (lot with 24 foot frontage) Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge 1546 139
10Dec1881 Charles Merriam (lot with 50 foot frontage and buildings) George Wheatland, Jr. 1546 133
25Oct1879 David N. Skillings (lot with 50 foot frontage) Charles Merriam 1473 278
12Jan1878 David N. Skillings, Jr. (irregular lot with 356.24 foot frontage on Commonwealth David N. Skillings 1407 187
05Jan1878 David N. Skillings, trustee for himself, Charles Whitney, and David Whitney, Jr. (Deed in foreclosure of mortgage from Horace M. Bearce and Ira T. Drew) David N. Skillings, Jr. 1407 185
03May1873 David N. Skillings, trustee for himself, Lawrence Barnes, Charles Whitney, and David Whitney, Jr. Horace M. Bearce and Ira T. Drew 1162 281
16Dec1870 Boston Water Power Company David N. Skillings, trustee for himself, Lawrence Barnes, Charles Whitney, and David Whitney, Jr. 1032 98
19Apr1870 Boston Water Power Company David N. Skillings, trustee for himself, Lawrence Barnes, Charles Whitney, and David Whitney, Jr. 997 73
Party wall stipulations included in land transfer deed with respect to wall between 336 Commonwealth and 338 Commonwealth
Date Grantor Grantee Book Page
06Jun1882 Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (seller of 336 Commonwealth) Caroline F. Warren, wife of Frederick Warren (purchaser of 336 Commonwealth) 1563 46
Party wall agreement with respect to wall between 338 Commonwealth and 340 Commonwealth
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
05May1883 George Wheatland, Jr. (owner of 340 Commonwealth) Warren D Vinal. and Charles A. Dodge (owner of 338 Commonwealth) 1596 385
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