Index to Deeds: 354 Beacon

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 condominiums.  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
14Jul1980 Commonwealth Group, Inc. 354 Beacon Street Condominium 9478 198
26Jun1979 Marco Realty Corp. Commonwealth Group, Inc. 9221 196
28Dec1976 Harry A. Cohen and Kenneth W. Cohen, trustees, Marco Realty Trust (merger of trust into Marco Realty Corp.) Marco Realty Corp. 8933 539
02May1969 Anna J. Torosian Harry A. Cohen, trustee, Marco Realty Trust 8280 661
30Apr1969 Robert Waldman and David E. Dick, general partners, Colonial Realty Investment Co. LP Anna J. Torosian 8280 657
29Jan1968 Robert Waldman and David E. Dick, trustees, Vayismeer Realty Trust Robert Waldman and David E. Dick, general partners, Colonial Realty Investment Co. LP 8179 52
31Dec1965 Murray Goldshine and Carl A. Gordon, trustees, 354 Beacon Street Realty Trust Robert Waldman and David E. Dick, trustees, Vayismeer Realty Trust 8008 617
14Jun1965 Louise Robinson, trustee, Louise Robinson Realty Trust Murray Goldshine and Carl A. Gordon, trustees, 354 Beacon Street Realty Trust 7958 886
09Apr1964 Lester J. Robinson Louise Robinson, trustee, Louise Robinson Realty Trust 7836 360
01Aug1961 354 Beacon Street, Inc. Lester J. Robinson 7575 536
29Apr1941 Julius Krinsky 354 Beacon Street, Inc. 5921 335
24Apr1941 Sylvia L. Sundland (foreclosure of mortgage given by Sylvia Sundland and assumed by subsequent owners) Julius Krinsky 5921 332
19Jan1939 (recorded 10Feb1939) Bernard Brooker The Chestnut-Beacon Realty Co. 5771 327
03May1937 (recorded 10Feb1939) Sylvia L. Sundland Bernard Brooker 5771 325
29Apr1937 William Warren Vaughan Sylvia L. Sundland 5659 407
27Mar1885 Charles A. Morss (lot with 24 foot frontage and dwelling house) William Warren Vaughan 1671 337
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
21Apr1883 Stephen D. Bennett (lot with 24 foot frontage) Charles A. Morss 1594 158
10Dec1881 Arthur W. Blake (lot with 48 foot frontage) Stephen D. Bennett 1546 45
12Feb1881 Francis E. Parker (lot with 73 foot frontage) Arthur W. Blake 1515 547
24Jan1881 Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 73 foot frontage) Francis E. Parker 1515 169
Agreement with respect to installation of windows in additional party wall to be erected between 354 Beacon and 358 Beacon (to become 360-370 Beacon)
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
21May1926 J. Sumner Draper and Richard deB. Boardman, trustees, 390 Beacon Street Trust (owners of 258 Beacon) William Warren Vaughan (owner of 254 Beacon) 4813 462
Party wall agreement and agreement to adjust the boundary line between 354 Beacon and 356 Beacon so that it runs through the middle of the party wall, which wall was not built so that the original boundary between the two lots (at 296 feet west of the northwest corner of Beacon and Fairfield) ran through the middle of the wall.
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
28Mar1885 Charlotte B. Manning, wife of Francis H. Manning (owner of lot at 356 Beacon) William Warren Vaughan (owner of 354 Beacon) 1671 338
Agreement transferring triangular shaped strip of land from 354 Beacon to 356 Beacon (approx. 4 inches wide at Back Street running south 93.5 feet) to implement agreement in Book 1671, p. 338
03Jul1885 William Warren Vaughan (owner of 254 Beacon) Charlotte B. Manning, wife of Francis H. Manning (owner of land at 256 Beacon) 1688 45
Party wall agreement and agreement that the boundary between 352 Beacon and 354 Beacon shall be deemed to be the line running through the middle of the party wall, which wall was not built so that the original boundary between the two lots (at 272 feet west of the northwest corner of Beacon and Fairfield) ran through the middle of the wall.
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
28Mar1885 Arthur Welland Blake (owner of lot at 352 Beacon) William Warren Vaughan (owner of 354 Beacon) 1671 341
Releases from building restriction contained in land deed from Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation which limits to 3.5 feet the extent to which a bow or swell front may extend into the 20 foot setback from Beacon. The release granted by owner of 254 Beacon permits bow or swell front at 252 Beacon to extend as far but no further than bow or swell front existing at 254 Beacon.
Date Grantor Grantee Book Page
23Oct1885 Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation Hasket Derby (owner of lot at 352 Beacon) 1699 242
28Mar1885 Arthur Welland Blake (owner of lot at 352 Beacon) William Warren Vaughan (owner of 354 Beacon) 1671 341