Transfers of Land and Buildings |
Date of Deed |
Grantor |
Grantee |
Book |
Page |
05Jun1984 |
Edward W. Sexton, Jr. |
34 Commonwealth Avenue Condominium |
10973 |
303 |
30May1984 |
Pamela W. Larsen and Edward W. Sexton, Jr., trustees, Larsen-Sexton Trust |
Edward W. Sexton, Jr. |
10973 |
302 |
21Dec1979 |
L. Clarke Hill, trustee,34 Commonwealth Realty Trust |
Pamela W. Larsen and Edward W. Sexton, Jr., trustees, Larsen-Sexton Trust |
9342 |
131 |
19Dec1978 |
Lawrence C. Hill, Jr. |
L. Clarke Hill, trustee,34 Commonwealth Realty Trust |
9137 |
416 |
13Mar1969 |
Rocco E. Paoletta |
Lawrence C. Hill, Jr. |
8270 |
129 |
28Jun1966 |
Delwin B. Schneider and Katherine L. Schneider |
Rocco E. Paoletta |
8036 |
448 |
11May1965 |
Bartlett Tyler |
Delwin B. Schneider and Katherine L. Schneider, husband and wife |
7951 |
810 |
01Nov1920 |
Mabel F. Stainer (one-half interest) |
Carrie A. Tyler, wife of William B. Tyler |
4267 |
359 |
15Jun1914 |
Mark Temple Dowling |
Helen A. Bates, wife of Jacob P. Bates |
3813 |
498 |
01Oct1912 |
Henry H. Haskell and Marian L. Haskell, his wife, in her own right |
Mark Temple Dowling |
3674 |
213 |
06Nov1900 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Marian L. Haskell, wife of Henry H. Haskell |
2718 |
491 |
28Apr1893 |
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, trustee under the will of Martha Ann Edwards |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2128 |
207 |
15Jun1882 |
Charles Hazen Dorr, surviving trustee under trust established for the benefit of Martha Ann Edwards |
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, trustee under the will of Martha Ann Edwards |
1564 |
154 |
|
Transfers of Unimproved Land |
Date of Deed |
Grantor |
Grantee |
Book |
Page |
02Jul1860 |
Samuel Hooper |
Francis F. Dorr and Charles H. Dorr, trustees under a trust for the benefit of Martha Ann Edwards, wife of Henry Edwards |
791 |
56 |
22Jun1860 |
Nathan B. Gibbs |
Samuel Hooper |
780 |
279 |
02May1860 |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Nathan B. Gibbs |
777 |
172 |
02May1860 |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Samuel Hooper |
777 |
154 |
|
Building Construction Agreements |
Date |
Party One |
Party Two |
Book |
Page |
07Jul1860 |
Lemuel Miles Standish and Charles Woodbury, masons, and Jonas Fitch, carpenter |
F. F. Dorr and C. H. Dorr, trustees under a trust for the benefit of Martha Ann Edwards |
798 |
1 |
The building construction contract specifies that Gridley J. F. Bryant and Arthur Gilman are the architects, and designates Gridley Bryant as superintendent for the work. It refers to plans and specifications agreed upon by both parties, establishes the price for the work at $13,400, sets a completion date of not later than August 1, 1861, and specifies other terms and conditions. The agreement includes the following addenda to clarify or modify specifications contained in the original plans. |
“Addenda: Put on grounds to four floors, between the under and upper floor boards ¾ of an inch thick, and plaster between the same with a good solid coat of cement and mortar, mixed in equal proportions of lime and cement, the party walls are to be 12 in. thick ip to the level of the first chamber floor, thence 8 in. to top, the dimensions of the house on the ground, are to be widened one foot so as to measure nineteen feet from centre to centre of party walls, instead of 18 ft. as hereinbefore described, the bay window shewn [sic] on the plans, elevations &c. is to be put up according to the plans of freestone, complete, and finished and glazed with French plate glass, as shewn [sic]. Seal up the walls of kitchen with best hard pine, 1 inch stock, 2 ft. 8” high. In addition to the wash bowls mentioned in the printed specifications hereto annexed, there is to be a wash-bowl in back chamber, on first chamber floor, and a bath room, bath tub and water closet on second chamber floor, the whole of which, together with their appurtenances to be fully equal to those indicated in the printed specifications aforesaid, the front yard fence stones are to be supported on granite foundations & piles, corresponding in heights and levels to the walls and piles of the walls of the house, in Consideration of which the said parties of the second part are to pay to the said parties of the first part the sum of Four hundred dollars in addition to the sum of Thirteen thousand four hundred dollars hereinbefore set forth as the contract price to be paid for erecting said house, the outside courses of the rear wall of the house, above the yard level, are to be of pressed brick laid with neat bond up to the copper gutter thereof including pressed brick cornice beneath said gutter, in consideration of which the said parties of the second of the second part to said parties of the first part the sum of One hundred dollars in addition to the two sums of Thirteen thousand four hundred dollars, and the sum of Four hundred dollars, hereinbefore stipulated.” |